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MANUAL 

OF  THE 

PRESBYTERY  BF  QRAME, 

CONTAINING 

.    A  HISTORICAL  AND  GEOGRAPHICAL  SKETCH  : 

/      A   ROU  OK  MINISTERS   AND   CHURCHES    FROM  THE 

Date  of  Organization  : 

ROLLS  OF  PRESENT  MINISTERS,  ELDERS,  DEACONS 

and  Churches; 
Officers  and  Executive  Committees; 

DIRECTORY  for  BUSINESS  and  STANDING  RULES; 

ALSO 

PARLIAMENTARY   RULES^ 
Revised,  1895. 

REIDSVILLE,N.C: 
R    I   Mayo,  Printer,  and  Bookseller. 
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MANUAL. 

First  Part. 


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MANUAL 

OF    THE 

PresbYterY*8f*0raf|ge. 


SECTION    I 

Historical  and  (Sco  graphical. 

1.  The  Presbytery  of  Orange  is  tlie  old- 
est of  the  existing'  Presbyteries  in  the 
southern  assembly,  and  there  are  only  four 
of  the  existing  Presbyteries  connected  with 
the  northern  assembly  that  are  older,  viz: 
Philadelphia,  New  Castle,  New  York  and 
New  Brunswick.  In  the  order  of  formation, 
however,  Orange  was  the  seventeenth  Pres- 
bytery formed  after  rhe  subdivision  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  in  1717. 

The  Orange  Presbytery  was  set  off  from 
the    Presbytery  of  Hanover,   Va.,    in    1770, 


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by  the  Synod  of  New  York  and  Pli 
phia.  The  first  six  named  ministers 
roll  given  below,  comprising  the  original 
Presbytery,  were  all-  members  of  the  Han- 
over Presbytery.  To  these  the  Synod  added 
a  seventh  member,  viz:  JSezel-iah  James 
Balch,  distinguished  for  services  reudered 
by  him  in  the  cause  of  civil  liberty,  as  well 
as  Presbyterian  ism  in  North  Carolina. 

The  first  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Orange,  was  held  at  the  Haw  fields  Church, 
in  (then)  Orange  County,  N  C,  September 
5th.  1770.  The  Rev.  Heney  Patillo, 
preached  the  opening  sermon,  and  the 
Rev.  David  Caldwell  was  appointed 
Stated  Clerk. 

The  territory  of  the  Presbytery  of  Orange 
then  extended  indefinitely  to  the  South  and 
West  from  the  Virginia  boundary,  but  prac- 
tically, only  the  State  of  North  Carolina, 
East  of  the  Blue  Ridge,  and  the  upper  part 
of  South  Carolina,  were  occupied  by  its 
.ministers.  There  was  at  a  very  early  peri- 
od, a  Presbytery  in  South  Carolina  and 
Georgia,  which  had  no  ecclesiastical  con- 
nection with  the  Synod,  and,  as  in  the  case 
of  Messrs.  James  Campbell  and  James 


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Edmonds,  ninth  and  tenth  on  the  roll, 
ministers  were  occasionally  received  from 
that  body  into  Orange.  (See  Records  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  p  p  409,451. 
Howe's  History  of  Presbyterian  church  in 
S.  C.) 

It  is  a  matter  of  deep,  though  vain  regret, 
that  the  Records  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Orange,  embracing  the  first  twenty-five 
years  of  its  existence,  are  lost;  also  the 
Records  covering  the  interval  from  1812  to 
1827,  a  gap  altogether  of  forty  years!  These 
Records  were  destroyed  by  tire,  together 
with  the  house  of  Dr.  John  Witherspoon, 
Stated  Clerk,  near  Hillsboro,  N.  C.,on  Jan- 
uary 1st,  1827.  This  irreparable  loss  ren- 
dered the  preparation  of  the  roll  of  mem- 
bers, from  the  beginning  in  1770,  through 
this  period  a  less  easy  task  than  it  would 
have  been  otherwise.  All  available  collat- 
eral sources  of  information  have  been  used, 
but  still  it  is  probable  that  there  are  omis- 
sions of  unknown  names,  and  it  is  certain 
that  many  of  the  earlier  dates  can  only  be 
approximated.  The  first  and  oldest  record 
of  a  meeting  of  Orange  Presbytery,  now 
known  to   be  in  existence,    is  dated  "New 


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Hope     Church,     Orange    county,     N.    C, 
November  18,  1795." 

The  changes  which  have  occurred  since 
flie  organization  in  1770, in  territory,  boun- 
daries &c.,  to  the  present  time,  are  as  fol- 
lows: 

1.  In  1784  the  Presbytery  of  South  Car- 
olina was  set  off  by  theSynod,  from  Orange 
and  the  following  detached  members  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Orange  met  at  the  Wax  haws 
S.  0.,  in  April  1785,  and  held  their  first 
meeting,  viz: 

Rev.  Joseph  Alexander, 
"       Francis  Cummins, 
11      James  Edmonds, 
"      John  Harriss, 
"      Thomas  Reese, 
"       John   Simpson. 
The  State  line  between  North  and    South 
Carolina   now    became  the   southern   boun- 
dary of  Orange. 

'l.  In  1795  the  Presbytery  of  Concord 
was  set  off  from  Orange  by  the  Synod  of 
the  Carolina's.  The  Yadkin  River  was 
made  the  line  of  division,  Concord  em- 
bracing the  territory  west,  and  Orange, 
Bast  of  this  line.     The   Presbytery  of  Con- 


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cord,  thus  set  off,  held  its  first   meeting   at 
Bethphage     Church,     December   24,    1795, 
and  was    composed  of    the    following    de- 
tached members  from  Orange,  viz.; 

Revs.  Samuel  E.  McCorkle  U.  D.,  James 
Hall,  James  McEee,  David  Earr,  Samuel 
C.  Caldwell,  James  Wallis,  Joseph  D. 
Kilpatrick, Lewis  F.  Wilson,  John  Carrigan, 
Humphrey  Hunter,  John  Makemie  Wilson, 
Alexander  Caldwell. 

3.  In  1812  the  Synod  of  the  Carolina's 
set  off  from  Orange  the  Presbytery  of  Fay- 
btteville,  embracing  the  territory  lying 
south  of  the  following  line,  viz:  Mouth  of 
jSTeuse  River — to  the  Junction  with  Trent 
River,  thence  direct  to  the  Junction  of  the 
Deep  and  Haw  Rivers — thence  direct  to  the 
mouth  of  the  Uharrie  River  on  the  Yadkin. 
The  following  detached  ministers  from 
Orange  composed  the  new  Presbytery,  viz: 

Revs.  Samuel  Stanford,  William  L. 
Turner,  Malcom  McNair,  Murdoch  McMil- 
lan, John  Mclntyre,  William  B.  Meroney. 
Allen  McDougald,  William  Peacock. 

Mr.  Meroney,  however,  having  removed 
out  of  the  bounds  of  the  new  Presbytery 
before  its  first  meeting,  was  never  actually 
a  member. 


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It  was  during  this  year  (1812)  that  the 
Synod  of  the  Carolinas  was  dissolved,  and 
during  the  year  following  (1813)  the  Synod 
of  North  Carolina  was  formed,  comprising 
the  Presbyteries  of  Orange,  Concord  and 
Fayetteville,  and  the  first  meeting  of 
Synod  was  held  at  Alamance  Church  in 
Orange. 

4.  In  1835  the  Synod  of  North  Carolina 
set  off  in  the  eastern  portion  of  Orange,  by 
a  line  running  along  the  western  boundaries 
of  the  Counties  of  Granville  and  Wake, 
a  new  Presbytery,  called  the  Presbytery 
of  Koanoke.  The  following  detached 
ministers  from  Orange  composed  this  New 
Presbytery,  viz: 

Revs.  William  McPheeters,  Samuel  L. 
Graham,  Jesse  Rankin,  Nehemiah  H.  Hard- 
ing, Sidney  Weller,  Alexander  Wilson, 
Drury  Lacy,  Joseph  A.  Gray,  William  A. 
Shaw. 

The  first  meeting  was  held  in  Washing- 
ton, N.  C,  March  31,  1836,  and  was  opened 
with  a  sermon  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  L. 
Graham. 

f>  In  183!)  the  Presbytery  of  Roanoke 
was  dissolved,  and  its  Ministers,    Churches 


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and  Territory  were  re-united  to  the  Presby- 
tery of  Orange  by  the  Synod  of  North  Car- 
olina. 

6.  In  1866  the  General  Assembly  trans- 
ferred that  portion  of  the  territory  of 
Orange  lying  in  the  State  of  Virginia 
south  of  Dan  River,  to  the  Synod  of  Vir- 
ginia, to  be  attached  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Roanoke  in  Virginia.  The  Ministers  and 
Churches  transferred  from  Orange  with 
this  territory,  were  as  follows,  viz:- 

Ministers— Revs.  John  M.  Kirkpatrick 
P.  N.  Whaley,  John  B.  Shearer. 

Churches — Dan  ville,01arksville,  Spring 
Hill,  Fennel. 

The  State  line  then  became  the  boundary 
line  of  Orange  on  the  north. 

7.  In  1889  the  Synod  of  North  Carolina 
set  off  from  Orange  the  Presbytery  of  Al- 
bemarle, embracing  that  portion  of 
Orange  lying  east  of  the  western  bounda- 
ries of  the  Counties  of  Granville  and  Wake. 
This  division  was  made  under  the  protest 
of  a  majority  of  the  members  of  the  old 
Orange,  and  is  practical^  the  same  terri- 
tory which  formed  Roanoke  in  1835.  The 
following  detached  Ministers  and  ("lunches 


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from  Orange  comprised   this   New    Presby- 
tery, viz: 

MINISTERS. 
Rev.  Robert  Burwell,  Rev.  Robt.  P.  Pell, 

"     GeorgeW  Ferrill,  "    j.  N.  H    Summerell, 

"    Joseph  M.  Atkinson,        "     L,  C.  Vass, 
"    John  S.  Watkins,  "    J.  B.   Swann, 

"     Alexander  Sprunt,  "     W.  D.  Morton, 

"    Carr  Moore,  "     S.  H.  Isler. 

CHURCHES, 

Raleigh  ist.  Littleton, 

Raleisrh  2nd.  ^  ,T  .   , 

7T       ,&  Cann  Memorial, 

Henderson,  ,T  ,    ,  , 

T       .  ,  Nahalah, 
Louisburg, 

Oxford,  Tarboro, 

Geneva,  Washington, 

Oak  Hill,  Newberne, 

Shiloh,  Rocky  Mount, 

Grassy  Creek,  La  Grange, 

Nutbush,  Wilson, 

Warrenton,  Oakland. 

At  the  same  time  the  Synod  of  North 
Carolina  transferred  from  the  territory  of 
Orange  to  the  territory  of  Fayetteville,  the 
Counties  of  Randolph  and  Chatham,  to- 
gether with  their  Ministers  and  Churches, 
viz: 

MINISTERS. 
Rev.  G.  A.  Hough,  Rev.  W.  F.  Thorn. 

CHURCHES 
Ashboro,  Worthvdle, 

Mt.  Vernon,  Pittsboro, 

Haywood,  Gulf, 

Calah, 


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Also,  at  the  same  time  the  Synod  of 
1ST.  Carolina  transferred  from  the  territory 
of  Concord  to  the  territory  of  Orange,  the 
Counties  of  Ashe,  Alleghany  and  Wilkes. 
At  this  time  there  were  no  Presbyterian 
Minister, and  only  one  Presbyterian  Church 
(Wilkesboro)  within  the  bounds  of  these 
three  Counties. 

8.  In  1890,  the  Synod  of  North  Carolina 
re-transferred  the  Counties  of  Ashe  and 
Wilkes  from  Orange  back  to  Concord;  and 
also  the  County  of  Randolph  from  Fay 
etteville  back  to  Orange.  By  this  action 
the  Chnrehes  of  Ashboro,  Worthville  and 
Calah  were  again  placed  upon  the  Roll  of 
Orange. 

9.  In  1893  the  Synod  of  North  Carolina 
again  transferred  the  Counties  of  Ashe 
and  Wilkes  from  the  territory  of  Concord 
to  the  territory  of  Orange,  and  ordered  that 
theChurches  of  Wilkesboro  an  dNorth  Wilkes 
boro,  be  placed  upon  the  Roll  of  Orange. 

The  Presbytery  of  Orange,  as  it  now 
stands,  geographically,  embraces  the  fol- 
lowing Counties  in  the  State  of  North  Car- 
olina, viz: — Alamance,  Alleghany,  Ashe, 
Caswell,  Davidson,  Durham,  Forsyth, 
Guilford,  Orange,  Person,  Randolph, 
Rockingham,  Stokes,  Surry  and  Wilkes. 


SECTION    II 

I.   MINISTERIAL  BOLL 

op 

( )  R  A  N  ( I  K     I  *  R  E  SB YT  E  R  V . 


From  rHE  Formation  ro   rHE  Present  Time 


In  studying  the  following  Roll,  observe — 
(1.)  That  the  (kudos  in  italics  annexed  to  the 
names  of  members,  show  the  Presbyteries 
from  which  they  severally  came  into  Orange 
as  ordained  Ministers.  (2.)  That  those  in 
Roman  letters  show  the  Countries  States  or 
Denominations  whence  received.  (,'>.)  That 
all  names  without  such  designation  are  the 
names  of  members  who  became  such  by  or 
dination  in  the  year  prefixed  to  their  names. 
(4*.)That  a  star  (*)  placed  before  the  date  on 
the  right  hand,  means  removal  by  death  in 
that  year.  (5.)  That  if  no  date  is  given  in 
the  right  hand  column,  it  means  either  that 
it  is  unknown,  or  that  the  person  is  still  a 
member  of  the  Presbytery,  which  maybe 
readilv  ascertained  from  the  roll  of 
Churches.  ((!.)  That  the  figure  in  brack etts 
()  following  the  name,  means  the  number 
of  time*  the  same  person  has  been  received. 
(7.)  That  the  dates  on  the  left  indicate  the 
time  of  entrance,  and  on  the  right  the  time 
of  departure. 


"The  righteous   shall    be   iu  everlasting 
remembrance.7' — Psalm,  112:  6. 

Entered  Left 

1770      Hugh  McAden,    Hanover,  *i"jHi 

"  Henry  Pattillo,  Hanover,  *i8oj 
"        fames  Creswell,  Hanover, 

David  Caldwell,  Hanover,  *iH2a, 

"        Joseph  Alexander,  Hanover,  i7°5 

"        Hezekiah  Balch,  Hanover..  ni' 

"        Hezekiah  James  Balch,  Donegal,.  *m7 

1771-1774J0IH]  Harries,   Leiveston,  n^^ 

"       James  Campbell,  .V.   Carolina,  *i"]bi 

"      James  Edmonds,  .V.  Carolina,,  17*5 

"       Thomas  Reese,  :7^' 

"       John  Simpson,  I7"5 

/775-r776Alexander  McMillan,  Foreign. Deposed   177^ 

1777  Samuel  E.  McCorkle,  E795 
Thomas  H.  McCaule,            *795 

"        John  Debow,  iV^w  Brunswick,  *'7^3 

Thos.    Hill,  r7^ 
177S     Andrew  Patton,    Asso.  Pep.    Penna. 

1778  James  Hall,  i?'>r 
"  Robert  Archibald,  Deposed,  i?97 
"        John  Cossan,  ll^l 

i779-i784Alexander  McWhorter,  iV<ew  York.  17^' 

Thomas  Craighead,  ;7^7 

James  McRee,.  .  '795 

James  Ternpleton,  17^5 

Daniel  Thacker,                .  179° 

James  Frazier,             .  '7^4 

Francis  Cummins,  17^5 

David   Barr,  '79; 


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1 784. 1 787 Jacob  Lake, r794 

"        John   Beck, 

1789  David   Kerr,  Ireland, .": 1796 

1790  William  Moore,  Hanover, 1801 

1792  William  Hodges, 1800 

"        James  Wallis, 1795 

"         Samuel  C.   Caldwell, 1795 

"         Colin  Lindsay,  Scotland Deposed   1S03 

1793  Lewis  F.  Wilson, 1795 

"         James  McGready, 1796 

"         Joseph  D.   Kilpatrick, 1795 

"         Alexander  Caldwell, 1795 

"  Augus  McDearmid,  Scotland     Deposed   1S03 

1794  Samuel  Stanford, 1812 

1795  John  Robinson, 1801 

"         James  H.  Bowman, 1815 

"  Humphrey  Hunter,  6".  Carolina.. .  .  .  .        1795 

"         John  Makemie  Wilson, !795 

"         John  Carrigan, I795 

"         William  McGee, 1795 

"  William  L.  Thompson,.  .  .  .                            1802 

1798  John  Gillespie, 1810 

"         Samuel    McAdoo, 1S10 

William  Paisly, *i§57 

1799  John  Anderson, 1801 

Robert  Tate, 1S12 

1S02  Leonard  Prather,  Methodist  Church, 

1802  Daniel  Browne, 1809 

1803  John  Mattbews, 1806 

"        Andrew  Flinn, J8o5 

"         Malcom  McNair, 1S12 

"        Ezekiel  B.  Currie, ...... *i85i 


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1804  Murdock  McMillan  , 1S12 

1804  Hugh  Shaw, 1S12 

1806  James  Smylie, 1S12 

1808  William  L.  Turner,  Lexington, 1812 

1808  James  K.  Burch, 1S10 

1809  John  Mdntyre, 1S12 

1809  Murdock   Murphy,   1st.  Prcsb.  of  S.  C.  1S11 

1S10  William   McPheeters,   Lexington, 1836 

1S10  William  B.   Meroney, 1816 

181 1  Joseph  Caldwell, 1835 

1S12  Benjamin  H.  Rice, 1S12 

r<  James  W.   Thompson, 1S16 

"  Allen  McDougald, .  181 2 

"  William  Peacock, 1812 

"  Samuel  Paisley, l&?>6 

1813  Robert  H.  Champman,    Troy,...- 1816 

1816  Jonathan  Oti's  Freeman, 1821 

1S17  John  Witherspoon, 1S33 

1S17  John   H.    Pickard, *l8$8 

1817  James  Morrison^ 1S19 

1S1S  Shepherd  K.  Kollock, .                                 .  1825 

1521  Samuel  L.  Graham, ^3^ 

"      1  Lemuel  U.    Hatch, 1834 

Elisha  Mitchell, ""1S57 

"  Eli  W.  Caruthers, #1865 

1522  Archibald   D.    Montgomery, 1S52 

3S23  Stephen  Frontis, 1828 

1S24  Fredrick    Freeman, 1S24 

1S24  James  W.   Douglas, 1S34 

1825  Jesse  Rankin, 1S27 

1826  Joseph  Labaree,   Champlain, 1S29 

"  Elijah  Graves,,                    1S42 


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1826  James  Weatherly,    ^34 

"  James   Kerr,    1826 

"  John  Knox,        1829 

1827  Edward   Hollister, Cong.  Asso., Vermont  1834 
William  Neill, 1835 

"  Darius  C.   Allen,      1829 

"  Thomas  Lynch, 1827 

"  William  S.   Plumer, 1831 

"  Robt.  H.  Chapman  (2)   Winchester,.  1827 

182S  Daniel  A.   Penick,  Hanover, 1836 

1828  Abner  W.  Gay,    Fayetteville,     Deposed  1S31 

1828  Samuel  H.  Smith,      1831 

1829  Thomas  P.    Hunt,  Hanover, 1831 

"  Hiram  P.  Goodrich,  Albany ^^S 

"  Nehemiah  H.  Harding, J836 

"  Michael  Osborne,  Elizabeihtoivn.  ^3S 

"  Sidney  Weller,Asso.Rep.Presb.of  N.Y.  1836 

1830  Alexander  Wilson,  l^^6 

1531  Daniel  L.    Russell,    West  Hanover,  1835 

"  Jesse  Rankin,  (2)    Concord, l^3^> 

"  George  W.  Ferrill,  !839 

Alburtus  L.  Watts, 1835 

1832  George  C.  Chesley,   Methodist  Church,  1835 

1532  Phillip  Pearson,                        !S36 

1833  Thomas  Lynch,  (2)  Western  /District     *iS69 

"  John  S.  McCucheon,        1835 

"  Samuel  Hurd,    West  Hanover,  J833 

1834  Samuel  J.   Price,    1835 

"  Drury  Lacy,  East  Hanover, l§?fi 

William   McElroy,  *i837 

James  D.  Hall,.  1837 

1835  Thompson   Bird,  Ne-uhurrvport,.             .  1S40 


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1835  James  Phillips *iS67 

"         William  P.  Forrest, 1835 

"        Joseph  A.   Gray, 1836 

"         William  A  Shaw, 1S36 

"         Daniel  G.  Doak, ^47 

1836  Nehemiah  H.  Harding,  (2)  Roanoke,       ^1849 

"         Alexander  Wilson,  (2)  Roanoke, *iS67 

"         Robert   Bur-well,   East  Hanover, 1858 

"         Nathaniel  B.   Patterson, *J837 

J837     John  A.  Greeter,  East  Hanover *l§53 

"        Jonathan  T.  Ely, 1S43 

1838     Samuel  Paisley,  (2)  Concord, 183S 

1838  Benjamin  M.  Smith,    West  Hanover,      .    1840 

1 139     Jesse  Rankin,   (3)  Roanoke, r .      1842 

"         John  C.  Rankin, 1842 

"         William  N.   Mebane, *i8.?9 

"         Daniel  Stratton,   Roanoke, 1S52 

"         Thomas  R.  Owen,  Roanoke, *§59 

1539  George  W.  Ferrill,  (2)  Roanoke, 18S9 

"         Samuel  H.  Smith,  (2)  Roanoke, ^1843 

"         Drury  Lacy,  (2)   Roanoke 1S55 

"  Samuel  L.  Graham,  (2)  Roanoke,               1S42 

"  William  McPheeters,  (2)    Roanoke,         ^1843 

"         John  C.  Thompson,  Roanoke, *iS4i 

"         Sidney  Weller,  (2)  Roanoke, 1841 

"  George  D.  McCueun,  Philadelphia,            ^44 

"         Samuel  J.  P.   Anderson, 1S46 

1540  John  Witherspoon,  (2)  Harmony,    .  *i853 

1541  John  Paisley, *iS45 

1542  Edward  Hines, *iS79 

1543  Jacob  Doll, *i87S 

"         Anderson  G.  Hughes,  *JS73 

"       William  C.  Sutton, 1S4S 


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1843  Edmund  C.  Bittinger,    1S64 

1845  Gilbert  Morgan,   Albany, 1851 

1846  Archibald  Currie, 1889 

1847  J.  B.  McBride, 1S47 

"  William  V.  Wilson,  West  Hanover,.  .  .  .  1852 

Cyrus   K.   Caldwell, 1867 

1S48  James  N.  Lewis,  Montgomery, *854 

1848  S.  AddisonStanfield, . ' *iS7  4 

1849  James  Stratton,  East  Hanover,. ^.H 

"  Monroe  T.  Allen,   Western   District, ...  1852 

"  Nelson  Z.   Graves, i860 

1850  John  S.    Grasty, 1S56 

"     •  William  B.  Browne, 1851 

James  H.   McNeill,   Fayettevillek 1855 

Samuel   H.  Watkins,    Wast  Hanover.  1853 

18^1     Robert  Logan, 1852 

1852     F.  N.  Whaley,   Winchester, 1866 

1852     Thomas  U.  Faucette, ^94 

1854  Thomas  G.  Wall,    Winchester, 1862 

William  P.  Wharton,  .    .  .*i8<;6 

"  John  M.   Sheerwood, 1S61 

1855  John  M.  Kirkpatrick,  East  Hanover,.  1866 

"  J.  Jones   Smythe,    Fayetteville. 1S59 

"  John  W.    Montgomery, 1S66 

"  Joseph  M.  Atkinson,     Baltimore,      1889 

i8t;6  ]ohn  I.  Boozer,  5".    Carolina, J^S 

1857  Pleasant  H.  Dalton,  Concord, 1S89 

Willis  L.  Miller, 1S67 

"  Daniel  McGilvary, 1859 

i8.s8  P.  Arthur  McMartin,   West  Jersey,....  1867 

18^8  Thomas  B.   Neill,    Cherokee, 1863 

iS^9  John  B.  Shearer,      1866 


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1859  Jacob  Henry  Smith,    West    Hanover, 

"  Ephrihm  H.  Harding, 1866 

"  Fronds  H.  Johnston, 1890 

"  Donald  E.  Jordan, 1882 

i860  Andrew  D.  Hepburn,  Lexington, 1875 

"  Robert  J.   Graves, 1866 

1861  Drury  Lacy,  (3)    Concord, ^1884 

"  William  A.  Wood,  Concord, 1866 

"  James  C.   Alexander, *i886 

1862  John  C.  Coble,  Louisiana, 1863 

"         Calvin  N.  Morrow, 1893 

"  Henry  B.  Pratt,    Cherokee, 1865 

1865  Halbert  G.    Hill, 1S68 

1866  Calvin   H.   Wiley, *i887 

Charles  Phillips, *i889 

William  Tidball,  Roanoke, 18S5 

"  Lauchlin  C.  Vass,    West  Hanover,  1889 

1867  Henry  B.  Pratt,  (2)    Concord, 1879 

"  Daniel  T.  Towles,  Bethel, 1S70 

1868  John  M.  M.   Caldwell,  Concord, 1S71 

1871  Ephriam  H.  Harding,  (2)  Concord,..  ^74 

"  James  W.  Shearer, 1872 

"  William  C.  Smith, 1S73 

"  P.  Tinsley  Penick,   Montgomery, 1876 

1872  John  W.  Primrose, 1884 

1872  Robert  Burwell,  (2)  Mecklenburg, 18S9 

1S73  Charles   M.  Payne, 1874 

"  James  H.  Fitzgerald,   West  Hanover,..  .  1881 

William  B.   Baird, *iS78 

1874  E.  M.  Green,  Augusta, 1S77 

1875  William  A.  Shaw,  (3)   Brazos, 1880 

"  Henry  T.  Darnall,   East  Hanover, 1893 


20 

1875  Cornelius  Miller 1882 

"        Thomas  J.   Allison, 1887 

1876  James  L.  Currie, ^894 

"         J.  Munroe  Anderson,  Concord, *i879 

"        Samuel  M.  Smith, 1889 

1877  William  R.  Atkinson,   Roanoke, 1879 

"         Roger  Martin,  Montgomery,  1878 

Patrick  R.  Law, 1885 

1878  John  S.    Watkins,   Roanoke,      1889 

B.  Watkins  Mebane,.  1S81 

1S79     David  C.  Rankin,   Savanna//,  .  .  .  .  18S0 

"         David  Irvin  Craig, 

1880  Lucius  H.  Baldwin,  Newark,  18S2 
"         Andrew  M.  Watson,   Memphis,.  1SS3 

1881  George  Summev,  Ebenezer.. ^83 

Robert  A.  Wailes, 18S3 

1882  Samuel  L.  Wilson,  Bethel,  18S5 
"         James  L.  Williamson,  Bethel, 1883 

18S3     Cornelius  Miller,  (2)   Paris, 1891 

William  F.  Thorn, 1S89 

"        J.  N.  H.  Summerell,  Concord,       .  1889 

"         A.  L.  Crawford,  Concord 1889 

"         Jamuel  H.  Isler,    Wilmington, 1889 

"         L.  B.Johnston,   West   Hanover,  1SS4 

18^4     W.  F.  Wilhelm,  Greenbrier,  *i893 

1884  Samuel  H.  Chester,   Ebenezer,  1889 

1885  Alexander  Sprunt,  Lexington,.               .    .  1889 
"         Ephriam  H.  Harding,  (3)  Ebenezer,.  1889 

R.Baxter  Willis,  .  1888 

"         Carr  Moore, 1889 

1886  Egbert  W.  Smith, 

1S87     S.  Oscar  Hall,   Montgomery,    


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1S87     W.  R.  Coppedge,  Montgomery,.        .  .  . 

Robert  P.  Pell,.  1889 

Charles  D.  Price, 1888 

1888  Edward  P.  Davis,  Mecklenburg 1892 

R.  W.  Culbertson, 

"        J.  Horace  Lacy, ^93 

1889  G.  A.  Hough,   St.  Johns,  1889 
"        J.  B.   Swarm,                                                  ■  •    1889 

W.  «D.  ^Morton,  Lafayette,   1889 

W.  P.  McCorkle, 1891 

1890  G.  A.   Wilson,  Lexington,  1891 
J.  J.    Harrell, 1891 

''         James  E.  Fogartie   5.    Carolina,  .        1893 

1891  W.    S.  Campbell,  East  Hanox'rr, 

"         J.  C.   Dinwiddie,  Chesapeake,  1894 

"         Simon  G.  Walker,  [cold.] 

"         E.  C.  Murray,  Charleston.  ^94 

1892  J.  M.  Greenlee,    Concord,      

Cornelius  Miller,  [3]  Concord,  . 

"         C.  W.  Maxwell,  Concord,. 

"         W.  C.    Alexander,   Memphis, 1894 

B.  B.    Palmer  [ool'd.j. 

M.  McG.  Shields,  Fayetteville,. 
"  J.  McL.  Seabrook,  Charleston, 
"         R.  E.  C.  Lawson,  Concord,      ^94 

1893  R.  E.  Caldwell,  Louisville, 

"         C.  W.  Robinson,  Mecklenburg,.  . 
"         Archibald  Currie  [2]  Fayetteville, 

1894  L.  B.  Turnbull,  Bast  Hanover,. 
D.  M.  Mclver,  Fayetteville, 

•'         1).  J.    Currie,  

"         H.  S.  Bradshaw, 


22 

1S94     H.  C.  Kegley, 

1895      W.  L.  Harrell,  Cherokee,. 


Since  the  formation  in  1770,  unto  the 
present  time  1895,  the  above  Roll  shows 
the  names  of  Tiro  Eundred  and  Sixty-Five, 
ordained  Ministers. 


11.  MINISTERIAL  ROLL 

OF 
ORANGE   PRESBYTERY. 


AT    THE     PRESENT     TIME,     AND     ACCORDING     TO     THE 
DATE  OF  ORDINATION,   ALSO   ADDRESS,   ORDAIN- 
ING PRESBYTERY,   AND     PRESENT  CHARGE. 


1.  Archibald  Currie, Fredericksburg.  Va. 

Ordained  by  Orange,  Aug.  30,  I846.  Teacher 

2.  Jacob  Henry  Smith,  1).  D Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Ordained  by    West    Hanover,    July    31,    1847. 
Greensboro,  Ch.  P. 

3.  Cornelius  Miller, Danbury.  N.  C. 

Ordained  by  Orange,  Oct.  30,  IS75. 
Evangelist. 

4.  Walter  Raleigh  Coppedge, Graham,  N.  C. 

Ordained    by    Montgomery,    June     29.     187S. 
Graham,  Ch.  P. 

v  Lennox  Burkehead  Turnbull, Durham,N.  C. 

Ordained    by  Chesepeake,  Nov.    6.    1S78. 
Durham  Ch.  P. 

6.  David  Irvin  Craig, Reidsville,  N.  C. 

Ordained  by  Orange,    June,    1.     1879.    Reids- 
ville, Ch.  P.  Speedwell,  S.  S. 

7.  Charles  Wilson   Robinson, Winston,  N.  C- 

Ordained  by  Louisville,  Oct.  24,  1879.  Wilkes- 
boro,  P.,  N.  Wilkesboro   P. 

8.  Josiah  McLeod  Seabrook, Greensboro.  N.  C. 

Ordained  by  Lexington,  Oct.  1,  1SS1.   Buffalo 
P.  Bethel  P.   Midway   P. 


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9.  Samuel  Oscar  Hall, Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Ordained    by     Montgomery,    Nov.    9.     1884. 
Westminister,  P. 

10.  Robert  Earnest  Caldwell, Winston,  N.  C. 

Ordained    by    Louisville,    Dec.    7th,     1SS4. 
Winston  1st.    P. 

11.  Egbert  Watson  Smith,  D.  D.       Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Ordained   by  Orange   Oct.    3.  18S6. 
Greensboro,  Co.  P. 

12.  William  Spencer  Campbell  Milton,  N.  C. 
Ordained    by    East     Hanover,    Oct    22,    1886. 

Milton  P.,  Griers  P.,  Gilead  S.  S. 

13.  Richard  Watt  Culbertson, Mebane,  N.  C. 

Ordained     by    Orange,      Nov.     19th,     1887. 
Hawfields,  P.,  Cross  Roads,  P„  Bethany,  P. 

14.  Columbus  Wirt  Maxwell, 

Ordained    by    Concord,     Sept,     iSth,     1S90. 

Danville,    Va.,    S.    S.,     Danville,     Va. 

(In-transit.) 

15.  John  Mitchell  Greenlee, Marion,  N.  C. 

Ordained  by  Concord,  Sept,  20,  1890.  W.  C. 

r6.  Malcolm  McGilvary  Shields,  Burlington  N.  C. 

Ordained  by    Fayetteville,    May,  23rd,  18,91. 

17.  Samuel  Graham  Walker,  (col'd)  .  Elkin  N.  C- 

Ordained  by  Orange,  Oct.  10,1891.  Evangelist. 

iS.  William  Lee  Harrell,  High  Point,  N.  C. 

Ordained     by    Cherokee,     July      13th.      1892. 
Hi^h  Point, P. 


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Ashboro, S.  S. 

Jamestown, S.  S- 

19.  Boswell  B Palmer,  (col'd) Milton,  N.  C. 

Ordained  by  Orange, Sept.  15. 1892.  Evangelist. 

20.  Daniel    Massilone  Mclver, Lexington,  N.  C. 

Ordained     by      Fayetteville,     Nov.     9.     1892. 
Lexington,   S.  S.    Worthville,  S.  S. 

21.  Daniel  Johnson  Currie, Chapel  Hill,  N.  C. 

Ordained  by  Orange,  Sept.    29,    1S94.    Chapel 
Hill,  P.   New  Hope,  P. 

22.  Harvey  Smith   Bradshaw, Hillsboro,   N.  C. 

Ordained  by  Orange,  Sept.  29,  1S94.  Hillsboro 

P.,  Little  River  P.  Fairfield.  P. 

23.  Henry  Clinton  Kegley, Mebane,  N.  C. 

Ordained    by     Orange,    Nov.    16th,    1894. 
Mebane  P.,  Bethlehem,  P. 


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III.   MINISTERIAL    ROLL 

OF 

OKANGE  PRESBYTERY. 


ACCORDING    TO    THE    DATE    OF    ENTRANCE. 


i  Archibald  Currie,  Fredericksburg,  Va. 

2  Jacob  Henry  Smith,  D.  D.  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

3  Cornelius  Miller,  Danbury,  N.  C. 

4  David  Irvin  Craig,  Reidsville,  N.  C. 

5  Egbert  Watson  Smith,  D.  D.  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

6  Samuel  Oscar  Hall,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

7  Walter  Raleigh  Coppedge,  Graham,  N.  C. 

8  Richard  Watt  Culbertson,  Mebane,  N.  C. 

9  William  Spencer  Campbell,  Milton,  N.  C. 
io  Simon  Graham  Walker,  [col.]  Elkin,  N.  C. 
it  John  Mitchell  Greenlee,  Marion,  JN.  C. 

12  Columbus  Wirt  Maxwell,  Danville,  Va. 

13  Boswell  B Palmer,  [col.]  Semora,  N.  C. 

14  Malcolm  McGilvary  Shields,  Roxboro,  N.  C. 

15  Josiah  McLeod  Seabrook,  Greensboro,  N,  C. 

16  Robert   Ernest  Caldwell,  Winston.  N.  C. 

17  Charles  Wilson   Robinson,  Wilkesboro,  N.  G. 

18  Lennox  Burkehead  Turnbull,  Dnrham,  N.  C. 

19  Daniel  Massilom  Mclver,  Lexington,  N.  C. 

20  Daniel  Johnson  Currie,  Chapel  Hill,  N.  C. 

21  Harvey  Smith  Bradshaw,  Hillsboro,  N.  C. 

22  Henry  Clinton  Kegley,  Mebane,  N.  C. 

23  William  Lee  Harrell,  High  Point,  N.  C. 


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IV.  ROLL  OF  LICENTIATES. 


Licensed  But  not  Ordained 

by 

Orange  Presbytery. 


NAME.  TRANSFERRED  TO                     DATE. 

Robert  Foster,  

Barton   Stone,            1797 

Andrew  Caldwell,    

Edward  Pharr,          1800 

Duncan  Brown,        1S03 

Murdock  Murphy,  South  Carolina, 1S04 

John  McLean,  

Daniel  Smith,            Harmony, i8n 

Archibald  Buie,        Hopewell, 1S11 

John  Murphy,            South  Carolina, 1S11 

Colin  Mclver,            Harmony 181 1 

Daniel  Lindley,        Concord,. 1832 

A.  A.  Mebane,          East  Hanover, 1S32 

E.  Logan,                    Died,   1828 

R.  D.  Russell,           Western  District, 1835 

A.E.  Thorn,               West  Hanover., 1S36 

Lemuel  Murray,      Morganton, 1838 

Frederick    Nash,     Morganton 1S3S 

S.  B.  McPheeters,   East  Hanover, 1848 

P,  H.  Dalton,            Concord, ." 1849 

B.  L.  Beall,                Concord, i8qo 

David  Dickey,          Died, 185 1 

Daniel  T.  Towles,  Fayetteville, iS^ 

Henry  Hardie,  , 


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John  Bingham,  Died, ^55 

G.A.Russell,  Fayetteville, 1858 

B.  M.   Hobson,         Concord,  1861 

W.  M.  Kilpatrick,   Concord, 1861 

J.   C.  Denny,  18S8 

G.  W.  Finley,  Winchester, i868 

A.   Kirkland,  Wilmington,.  1869 

J.  A.   Woodburn,     Eayetteville, 1864 

E.  F    Pritchett,        Arkansas, 1875 

R.  S.  Burwell,  Central  Texas, 1S7S 

R.  E.  Caldwell,        Louisville, 1884 

T.  A.  Wharton,        Mecklenburg, 1886 

C.  H.  Scott,  1SS9 

J.  E.  Mebane,  Greenbrier, 1891 

J.  E.  Thacker,  Albemarle, 1893 

C  N.  Wharton,        Albemarle, 1893 


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V.  EOLL  OF  CANDIDATES 


AT  THE  PRESENT  TIME  1895. 


8.  S.  Oliver, Madison  Church  , 

R.  A.  Brown, Westminister  " 

John  Wakefield, Westminister  " 

W.  A.  Murray, Westminister  " 

E.  E.  Gillespie,.           Westminister  " 

H.  W.   Smith, Greensboro  " 

C.  F.  Rankin, 

W.  K.  Forsyth, Alamance  " 

W.  C.    Brown, High  Point 

io.   J.  C.  Story, Bethel  '• 

ii.   R.L.Wharton, "  " 

12.  T.  W.  DeVane Winston 

13.  G.  C.  Smith, Dan  River  " 

14.  J.  T.  Smith, "          "  " 

15.  S.  H.  Hines, Milton  " 

16.  Clem  Rog-ers, Little  River  " 

17.  S.  Hill,  Williamson, ,Yanceyville  " 

18.  S.  C.  Smith, Griers, 

19.  Albert  Long,  (col'd.) New  Hope  " 


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SECTION   III. 


ROLL  OF  PRESBYTERIAL  OFFICERS. 


AS  FAR  AS  KNOWN,  WITH  DATE  OF  APPOINT- 
MENT AND  RETIREMENT. 


I.  STATED  CLERKS. 

A.  R. 

1770  Rev.  David  Caldwell, 1776 

1776  Rev.  James  Creswell, 

Rev.  Thomas  H.  McCaule, 

Rev.  James  McGready, 1796 

1796  Rev.  James  H.  Bowman, 1S03 

1803  Rev.  William   Paisley, 

Rev.  John  Witherspoon, 1S27 

1827  Rev.  James  W.  Douglas, 1831 

1S31   Rev.  Samuel  L.  Graham, I§35 

1835  Rev.  Nehemiah  H.  Harding, 1848 

1S48  Rev.  Jacob  Doll, 187.S 

187S  Rev.  Frontis  H.  Johnston 1S90 

1890  Rev.  Henry  T.  Darnall, 1893 

1S93   Rev.  Ephriam  C.    Murray, 1S94 

1894  Rev.  D,  Irvin  Craig, 


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II.  TBEASUREBS. 

•  

A.  R. 

1797    Rev.  William  Hodges, 1803 

1803.   Rev.  Leonard   Pfather, 1808 

1809  Rev.  Murdock  McMillan 

Rev.   Elisha  Mitchell, 

Rev.  Lemuel  1).  Hatch, 1830 

1830   Re\ .  Nehemiah  H.  Harding, J835 

1835    Rev.  Michael  Oshorne, 1835 

1835  Elder  N-  c-  Read- lS36 

1836  Rev.  William  C.  McElroy, 1S36 

1836   Rev.  Eli  W.  Caruthers, 1S41 

1841   Rev,   Drury  Lacy, 1S50 

1850   Rev.  John  A.  Gretter, 1S53 

1853  Elder  Jesse  H.   Lindsay, 1887 

1887   Elder  William  S.  Primrose, 1889 

1889  Elder  William  S.  Moore, 1894 

1894   Elder  Thomas  B.  Fuller 


II.   SUCCESSION  OF    MODERATORS 
OF 
ORANGE  PR ESBYTERY. 


WITH  DATE  AND  PLACE  OF  MEETING. 


70  TO    I795i   AND  FROM  l8l2  TO  I&22  UNKNOWN 


Sept.   5.   [770  Rev.   Henry  Pattillo,  Hawfields  Church. 
Nov.  18   1795   Rev.    James  IT.    Bowman,  New  Hope. 

1796  Rev.  David  Caldwell,  Hawfields. 
"     Rev.  Samuel  Stanford,    Buffalo. 

1797  Rev.  David  Caldwell,  Raftswamp. 
"     Rev  John   Robinson,    Hawfields. 

179S  Rev.  Samuel  Stanford,  Rattlesnake. 
1S9S  Ren.  William  Thompson,  Alamance 
1S99  Rev.  James  IT.  Bowman,  Eno. 

"      Rev.  Robert  Tate,   Buffalo. 
1800  Rev.  Henry  Pattillo,  Eno 

"       Rev.  James  IT.  Bowman,  Alamance. 

1501  Rev.  Samuel  Stanford,  Barbecue. 
"        Rev.  John  Gillespie,  Buffalo. 

1502  Rev.  Robert  Tate,   Hawfields. 

"     Rev.  James  II,  Bowman,  Alamance. 

1803  Rev.    John  Gillespie,   Salem. 

"       Rev.  Leonard  Prather,  Alamance. 

1804  Rev.  David  Caldwell,  Fayetteville. 

1804  Rev.  James  H.  Bowman,  Alamance. 

1805  Rev.  Andrew  Flinn,  Hawfields. 
"        Rev.  Samuel  Stanford,    Buffalo. 

r^of<   Rev.  Leonard  Prather, Buffalo  Moore  Co. 


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1S06  James  H.  Bowman,  Alamance. 

1807  Rev.  Robert  Tate,  Union. 

"  Rev.  Ezekiel  Currie,  Buffalo. 

1808  Rev.  Malcom  McNair, Buffalo  Moore  Co. 
"  Rev.  David  Browne,  Alamance. 

1809  Rev.  James  H.  Bowman,  Raleigh. 

"       Rev.  Murdock  McMillan.  Alamance. 

1810  Rev.   Samuel  Stanford,  Bluff. 

"  Rev.  Leonard  Prather,  Buffalo. 

181 1  Rev. James  H.  Bowman,Buffalo  Moore  Co 
"  Rev.  Murdock  McMillan,  Alamance. 

1812  Rev.  Joseph  Caldwell,  Grove. 

"       Rev.  William  McPheeters,  Hawlields. 
*  -;:-  *  *  #  *      ■     *  *  * 

1821  Rev    John  H.  Pickard,  Grassy  Creek. 
"  Hillsboro. 

1822  Rev.  John  Witherspoon,  Raleigh. 
"       Rev.  Samuel  Paisley,  Cross  Roads. 

1823  Rev.  William  McPheeters,  Oxford. 
"       Rev.  William  Paisley,  Red  House. 

1524  Rev.  Samuel  L.  Graham,   Hillsboro. 
"       Rev.  Lemuel  D.  Hatch,  Buffalo. 

1825  Rev.  S.  K.  Kollock,  Washington. 
"       Rev.  Joseph  Caldwell,  Nutbush. 

1526  Rev,  Samuel  Paisley,  Grassy  Creek. 

"       Rev.  James  W.  Douglas,  Stony  Creek. 

1527  Rev.  William  McPheeters,  Murfriesboro 
"       Rev.  John  Witherspoon,  Milton. 

1525  Rev.  Joseph  Labare,  Newberne. 

"       Rev.  A.  D.  Montgomery,   Warrenton. 
1829  Rev.  E.  Hollister,  Danville,  Va. 
"       Rev.  William  S.  Plumer.  Hawfields. 


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1S30  Rev.  Joseph  Caldwell,  Hillsboro. 

"  "  Thomas  P.  Hunt,  Greensboro. 

1831  "  John  Witherspoon  Washington. 
"  "  Hiram  P.  Goodrich,  Oxford. 

1832  "  D.  A.  Penick,  Raleigh. 

"  "  Alexander  Wilson,  Milton. 

1S33  "  N.  H.  Harding,  Shiloh. 

"  •'  Jesse  Rankin,  New  Hope. 

1834  "  James  Weatherly,  Newbern. 

"  ■"  William  McPheeters,  Greensboro. 

1835  "  M.  Osborne,  Hillsboro. 

"  "  Thomas  Lynch,  Lexington. 

1S36  "  Eli  W.  Caruthers,  Danville  Va. 

"  "  W.  C.  McElroy,  Greensboro. 

'^37  "  James  Phillips,  Hillsboro. 

"  Eli  W.  Caruthers,   Cross  Roads.. 

1S3S  "  John  A.  Gretter,  Milton. 

•'  "  John  A.  Pickard,   Greensboro. 

1539  "  Daniel  G.  Doak,  Hillsboro. 

"  "  Alexander  Wilson,  Danville,  Va.. 

1540  "  Robert  Burwell,  Milton. 

"  "  A.  D.  Montgomery,  Hawnelds. 

1541  "  Drury  Lacy,   Newbern. 

"  "  Thomas  Lynch,   Hillsboro. 

rS_j.2  "  S.  J.  P.  Anderson,  Greensboro. 

"  "  Drury  Lacy,  Lexington. 

1S43  "  Tli o mas  R.  Owen,  Clarksville,  Va. 

"  Li  John  Paisley,  Yanceyville. 

1844  "  Edward  Hines,  Madison. 

"  "  Anderson  G.   Hughes,  Louisburg. 

1845  "  William  N.  Mebane,  Danville,  Va.. 
*  '•'  Jacob  Doll,  Hillsboro. 


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1S46  Rev.  N.  H.Harding,  Oxford. 

"  "  Edward  Hines,  Spring  Hill. 

1847  "  Jesse  Rankin,  Milton. 

"  "  D.  Stratton,  Raleigh. 

1548  "  John  A.  Gretter,  Newbern. 
"  "  Elisha  Mitchell,  Greensboro 

1549  "  James  Phillips,  Nutbush. 

"  "  Alexander    Wilson,  Washington 

1550  "  William  V.  Wilson,  Bethesda. 

"  "  Alexander  Wilson,  Clarksville,  Va, 

1851  "  J.  N.  Lewis,  Yanceyville, 

"  "  Archibald  Currie,  Pittsboro. 

1852  "  Cyrus  K.  Caldwell,  Oxford. 
"  "  James  H.  McNeill,  Ashboro. 

1853  "  S.  A.  Stanfield,  Hillsboro. 

"  "  Thomas  U.  Faucette,  Milton. 

1854  *'  John  S.  Grasty,  Spring  Hill. 
"  "  Robert  Burwell,  Newbern. 

1855  "  F.  N.  Whaler,  Raleigh. 

"  "  John  M.  Sherwood,  Madison. 

1856  "  J.  J.  Smythe,  Shiloh, 

"  '•  A.  G.  Hughes,  Bethesda, 

1S57  "  Thomas  R.  Owen,  Pittsboro. 

"  "  J.  M.  Atkinson,   Lexington. 

1858  "  Jacob  Doll,  Hawrields. 

"  "  J.  M.  Kirkpatrick,  Washington. 

1859  "  Edward  Hines,  Danville,  Va. 

'•  Willis  L.  Miller,  Clarksville.  Va. 

i860  "  T.  G.  Wall,  Hillsboro. 

"  "  John  W.  Montgomery,  Greensboro 

1861  "  J.  Henry  Smith,   Oxford. 

"  P.  IL  Dalton,  Oakland. 


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1862  Rev.  Cyrus  K.  Caldwell,  Ashboro. 
"  "  John  B.  Shearer,  Lexington. 

1863  "  Frontis  H.  Johnston,  Milton. 

"  "  James  C.  Alexander,  Greensboro. 

[864  "  Calvin  N.  Morrow,  Bethesda. 

"  "  Thomas  U.  Faucette,  Graham. 

1865  "  No  Quorum — Civil  war,  Nutbush 
"  "  S.  A.  Stanfield,  Little  River. 

1866  "  A.  G.  Hughes,  New  Hope. 
"  "  H.  G.  Hill,  Wentworth. 

1867  "  Archibald  Currie,  Stoney  Creek. 
"  Jacob  Doll,  Chapel  Hill. 

1868  "  J.  M.  Atkinson,  Hillsboro. 
"  Charles  Phillips,   Buffalo. 

1S69  "  L.  C.  Vass,  Raleigh. 

"  "  P.  II.  Dalton  Pittsboro. 

1870  "  D.  E.  Jordan,  Shiloh. 

"  Edward  Hines,  Hawfields. 

1871  "  F.  II.  Johnston,  Bethesda. 

"  "  W.  B.  Tidball,  Lexington. 

1872  "  E.  H.  Harding.  Newbern. 
"  "  C.  N.  Morrow,  Madison. 

[^73  "  J-  Henry  Smith,  Washington. 

"  "  John  W.  Primrose,  Oxford. 

1874  "  P.  T.  Penick,  Greensboro. 
'•  "  Jacob  Doll,  Winston. 

1875  "  J.  II.  Fitzgerald,  Tarboro. 

"  "  James  C.  Alexander,  Mebane 

1576  "  Henry  T.  Darnall,  Nutbush. 
"  "  1).  E.  Jordan,  Pittsboro. 

1577  "  P.  II.  Dalton,  Graham. 
"  "  Jacob  Doll,  Milton. 


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1878  Rev.  F.  H.  Johnston,  Newberne. 

"  "  John  W.  Primrose,  Haywood, 

1S79  "  A.  Carrie,  Eno. 

"  "  Calvin  H.  Wiley,  Alamance. 

18S0  "  P.  H.  Dalton,  Washington. 

"  "  John  S.  Watkins,  Reidsville. 

1SS1  "  Cornelius  Miller,  Chapel  Hill. 

"  "  A.  M.  Watson,  High  Point. 

1882  "  Samuel  M.  Smith,  Lexington. 
"  "  Patrick  R.  Law,  Nahalah. 

1883  "  D.  Irvin  Craig,  Greensboro, 
"  "  Thomas  J.  Allison,  Tarboro, 

1884  "  James  L.  Currie,  Durham. 

"  "  Samuel  H.  Chester,  Hillsboro, 

1885  "  Samuel  L.  Wilson,   Henderson. 
"  "  J.  N.  H.  Summerell,  Hawfields. 

1886  "  Alexander  Sprunt,  Wilson. 
"  "  William  F.  Thorn,  Milton. 

1SS7  "  W.  F.  Wilhelm,  Newbern. 

"  R.  B.  Willis,  Cross  Roads. 

1888  "  Cornelius  Miller,  Greensboro. 

"  "  W.  R.  Coppedge,  Rocky  Mount. 

1889  "  S.  O.  Hall,  Reidsville. 
"  "  E.  P.  Davis,  Bethel, 

1S90  "  Egbert  W.  Smith,  Graham. 

"  "  J.  Horace  Lacy,  Winston. 

1891  "  G.  A.  Wilson,  Westminister,  Ch. 
"  "  James  E.  Fogartie,  Alamance. 

1892  "  W.  S.  Campbell,  Ashboro. 
"  '■  W.  F.  Carter,  Mebane. 

1893  "  C.  W.  Maxwell,  Madison. 

"  "  J.  McL.  Seabrook,  Lexington. 

1894  "  M.  McG.  Shields,  Mt.  Airy. 

"  "  R.  W.  Culbertson,  Burlington. 

1:895  "  D„  M,  Mclver,  Reidsville.. 


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IV.  COMMLSSIONEES 

TO  THE 

GENEBAL  ASSEMBLY. 


Note: — This  Roll  applies  only  to  the 
Southern  Assembly.  The  following'  Com- 
missioners were  appointed.  In  some  in- 
stances their  Alternates,  not  here  named  at- 
tended. 

Year.       Ministers.  Elders. 

L861  Drury  Lacy,  1).  I).      Jesse  H.  Lindsey. 

"       P   H.  Dalton.  Charles  Phillips. 

L802  ('.  K,  Caldwell.  E.  G.  Beade. 

"      A.  G.  Hughes.  C.  H.  Wiley. 

1803  J.  M.  Atkinson.  ,1.  W.  Norwood. 

"      T.  U.  Faucette.  John  Bullock. 

ISO!  J.  0.  Alexander.  T.  M.  Holt. 

"      Edward  Hines.  E.  B.  Watt. 

18b"f>  J.  B.  Shearer.  Thomas  Webb. 

"       H.G.Hill.  Charles  Phillips. 

1800  Archibald  Carrie.        J.  A.  Womack. 

"      ]).  E.  Jordan.  Thomas  Webb. 

1807  F.  H.  Johnston.  George  Allen. 

1808  J.  M.  Atkinson.  Jesse  H.  Lindsay. 
1800  L.  C.  Vass.  E.  N.  Taylor. 


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1870  J.  Henry  Smith. 

1871  S.  A.  Stanfield. 

1872  Edward  Hiiies. 
F.  H.  Johnston. 

1873  J.  C  Alexander. 
L.  C.  Vass. 

1871  P.  H.   Dalton. 
T.  U.  Faucette. 

1875  P.  T.  Penick. 

1876  W.  B.  Tidball. 
J.  W.  Primrose. 

1877  L.  G.  Vass. 
D.  E.  Jordan. 

1878  H.  T.  Darnall. 
Edward  Hines. 

1879  F.  H.  Johnston,  D.D 
J.  0.  Alexander. 

1880  T.  LT.  Faucette 
C.  H.  Wiley. 

1881  P.  It.  Law. 

.1.  S.  Watkins. 
1.S82  A.  M.  Watson. 
T.  J.  Allison. 

1883  D.  I    Craig-. 
J.  L.  Currie. 

1884  J.  C.  Alexander. 
0.  Miller. 


W.  C.  Kerr. 
W.  L.  Stamps. 
X.  M.  Roan. 
A.M.McPheeters 
J.  H.  Welborn. 
R.  J.  Hicks. 
J.  A.  Womack. 
J.  I.  Scales. 
A.M.McPheeters. 
W.  R.  Wilson. 
R.  S.  Gilmer. 
George  Allen. 
L.  E.  Spencer. 
William  Hollister 
J.  A.  Houston. 
Thomas  Sparrow. 
A.M.McPheeters. 
George  Allen. 
W.  S.  Primrose. 
J    A.  Alston. 

Samuel  Smith. 
M.  T.  Savage. 

George  Allen. 
L.  B.  Spencer. 
W.  S.  Primrose. 
W   L.  Stamps. 
J).  F.  Morrow. 


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1885  S.  M.  Smith.  Samuel  Watkins. 

T.  U.  Faucette.  Orrin  Williams. 
1880  Charles  Phillips] ).l).  J.  M.  Andrews. 

«      P.  H.  Daltou.  J.  A.  Gilmer. 

1887  J.  N.  H.  Summerell.  A.M.McPheeters. 
"      Alexander  Sprunt.  J.  M.  Rogers. 

1888  I).  I.  Craig.  J.  B.  Burwell. 
"      J.  Henry  Smith,  D.D.J.  M.  Mclver. 

1880  S.  H.  Chester.  J.  A.'Womack. 

"      H.  T.Darnall.  J.  M.  Mclver. 

1890  W.  F.  Wilhelm.  J.  A.  McLean. 

1801  S.  O.  Hall.  J.  0.  Whorton. 

180L*  W.   li.  Coppedge.  Hiram  Foard. 

ISO.i  J.  H.  Lacy.  W.  F.  Carter. 

"      W.  S.  Campbell.  S.  A.  AVhite. 

1801  B.  W.  Smith.  Geo.  W.  Watts. 

1805  C,  Miller.  W.  IX  Wharton,. 


41 
V.  GEXEEAL  DIRECTORY 

OF 

ORANGE  PEESBYTEEY. 


I 

PERMANENT    OFFICERS. 


1.    Stated  Cleric,  Eev.    D.    I.   Craig,   Eeids- 

ville,  X.  0. 
_}.   Treasurer,  Elder  T.  B.    Fuller,    Durham, 

X.  C. 


IE 
PERM ANENT    OOMM LTTE ES. 

1.  On  Examination  of  Candidates. 

1.    On  Geography  and  History,  Ancient  and 

Modern. 

Eev.  W.  S.   Campbell. 
"      S.  O.  Hall. 
"      C.  Miller. 

li.    On    Latin,    Latin  Exegesis    and   Critical 
Exercises. 
Eev.  E.  W.  Smith,  1).  I). 
"     W.  E.  Coppedge, 
"      J.  McL.  Sea  brook. 


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3.   On  Greek,  Hebrew  and  Logic. 
Rev.  R.  E.  Caldwell, 
"     L.  B.  Turnbull, 
"     H.  C.  Kegley. 
4.    On  Mathematics  and  the  Elements  of  the 
Physical  Sciences. 
Kev.  D.  I.  Craig, 
■u      C.  W.  Robinson, 
"     J.  McL.  Seabrook. 
5.    On  Mental  and  Moral  Philosophy. 
Rev.  M.  McG.  Shields, 
"      S.  O.  Hall, 
■<     1).  J.  Currie. 
f>.    On  Theology,  Natural  and  Revealed. 
Rev.  J.  Henry  Smith,  D.  1). 
"      W.  S.  Campbell, 
"      D.  I.  Craig. 
7.    On  Ecclesiastical  History. 
Rev.  R.  W.  Culbertson, 
"      L.  B.  Turnbnll, 
"      C.  W.  Maxwell. 
s.    On  Church   Government  and    Sacraments. 
Rev.  W.  R.  Coppedge, 
"      D.  M.  Melver, 
"     H.  S.  Bradshaw. 


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2.  On  Grouping  Churches. 
Bev.  M.  McG.  Shields, 
"      C«  Miller, 
"     W.  R.  Coppedge, 
Elder  Hiram  Foard. 
"       I).  M.  Hines. 
On  Assessments  and  Apportionment*. 
Key.  M.  McG.  Shields, 

"      I).  I.  Craig, 
Elder  T.  B.  Fuller. 
4.  Auditing  Committee, 
Elder  J.  C.  Wharton, 
W.  E.  Bevill. 
III. 
EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEES 


1.    On  Education  for  the  Ministry. 
Rev.  W,  R.  Coppedge, 
.     Elder  L    B.  Holt, 

"     J.  L.  Scott,  Jr. 
2.   On  Home  Missions, 
Rev.  M.  McG.  Shields. 
"     L.  B.  Turnbull, 
"     E.W.  Smith, !).])„ 
Elder  W.  P.  Beall, 
"      T.  B.  Fuller. 


44 
.'■».    On  Colored  Evangelization* 
Rev.  0.  W.  Robinson, 
"     W.  E.  Coppedge. 
Elder  W.  P.  Beall, 

4.    Ow  Foreign  Missions. 
Rev.  R.  S,  Caldwell, 
"     L.  B.  Turnbull, 
Elder  W.  P.  Beall. 

5.   On  Sabbath  Schools. 
Rev.  A.  McL.  Seabrook,  Agent. 
6.   0??    Publication  and  Colportage. 

Rev.  R.  W,  Culbertsoii,  Agent. 
7.    O//  Church  and  Christian  Education. 
Rev.  L.  B.    Turnbull, 

"     C.  Miller, 
Elder  W.  P.  Beall. 
8,    On  Church    Erection, 
Rev.  W.  S.  Campbell, 
"      M.  MeG.  Shields 
Elder  G.  W.  Watts. 
9.    On  Bible  Cause. 
Rev,   S.   O.    Hall, 
Elder  W.  S.  Moore, 
Elder  J.  W.  Scott. 


45 

IV. 

TEUSTEES. 


PERMANENT. 

1.  Of  Orange  Presbytery. 

Judge  John  H,  Dillard, 
Elder  L.  B.  Holt, 
Elder  J.  M.  Rogers. 

2.  Of  Davidson  College. 

TERM  5  YEARS. 

Elder  G.  W.  Watts.  (Fall,  '95.) 
Rev.  J.  Henry  Smith,  D.D.  (Fall '97. 
Elder  J    L.  Scott,  Jr.  (Fall  '08.) 


40 

SECTION  IV. 
I.  ROLL  OF  CHURCHES. 

According  to  the  date  of  organization, 
and  also  the  name  of  the  organizer,  as  far 
as  known. 

i  I  [awfields,  1755 

2  Red  House.  1755 

5  E110,  Spencer    and     Mc- 

Whorter.  1755 

4  Griers, 

5  Buffalo, *75P 

6  Speedwell.  I759 

7  Little  River.  Rev.  John    Wright,    1761 

S  Alamance,  Rev.  Henry  Fatillo,   1762 

9  Bethesda,  !7U5 

10  New  Hope,  

11  Bethlehem.  1770 

11   Stony  Creek,  Rev.   John  Debow,    !77o 

13  Cross  Roads,         Rev.  Jacob  Lake, J7^9 

14  Bethel-,  

15  Hillsboro,  Rev.  John  Wither- 

spoon,  Sept.  25.  1S16 

16  Greensboro.  Revs.  Witherspoon, 

Hatch  andGraham,  Oct.  3. . .    1825 

17  Milton,  Rev.  John W. Doug- 

las, Oct.  1,.'.    1826 

iS   Lexington,  Rev.   D.   C.    Allen,   July  15,.    1S27 


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19  Fairfield,  Samuel  Paisley, ..  .    April,  17  1S34 

20  Wikesboro,  J.  S.   McCutchan, .    June  iS.  1S37 

21  Chapel  Hill 1S45 

22  Ashboro,  Rev.  J.  A.  Gretter,  Mar.  4.  1S49 

23  Graham,  A.  G.  Hughes,.  .  .  .    Dec.  S. .  1S50 

24  Madison,  W.  N.  Mebane,..  .  .    May,  17.  1851 
2^,   Yanceyville,         Revs.     Lynch  & 

Pickard.  1858 

26  Mt.  Airy,  Rev. C.K.Caldwell,    1S5S 

27  High  Point.  P.  H.  Dalton, Sept.  3..  1S59 

25  Wentworth,  D.  E.Jordan,.,....    Nov.  25.  1859 

29  Leaksville,  J.W.Montgomery,  Oct.  6...  1S60 

30  Winston,  1st  F.  H.   Johnston,.  .  .    Oct.  4...  1S62 

31  Mebane,  J.     H.    Smith     and 

Alexauder,  Sept.  17.  186S 

32  Springwood,  Rev.  A.  Currie  and 

Johnston, Nov.  29..  1868 

33  Durham.  Revs.  Hughes    and 

Faucette, Dec.  31 .  1S71 

34  Reidsville.  Revss.    Doll     a  n  d 

Alexander, Jan.    15.  1S75 

35  Oak  Forest.  Rev.  P.  H.  Dalton,   Nov.  9..  1S78 

36  Burlington.  R  e  v  s.    Fitzgerald        • 

and  Mebane June,  15.  1879 

37  Jamestown,  Rev.  P.  H.  Dalton,   Jan.  23...  18S1 

38  Calah,  Rev.  P.  R.  Law,..    Feb.  23..  1881 

39  Worthville.  Revs.  Johnston  and 

Alexander Mar.  30.  1884 

40  Westminster,        Revs.  Harding  and 

Craig Oct,  12..  1S87 

41  Midway.  Revs.    Craig    a  n  d  ' 

Miller, ' Nov.  20.  1888 


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42  Elkin,  (col.)  Revs.   Craig,    Lacy 

and  Davis, J u ly  i..  .    1891 

43  Elim,  (col.)  Rev. W.S.Campbell  May  8...   1S92 

44  Bethany,  Rev.    R.    W.     Cul- 

bertson, Nay,  29.    1892 

45  Roxboro,  Revs.  J.  H.  Smith, 

and  Darnall,.  .  .  .   June  12..    1892 

46  Gilead,  Kev.  W.  S.    Camp- 

bell,    Oct.  30.     1892 

47  Winston.  2nd,       Revs.      Hall     a  n  d 

Lacy April  23  1893 

48  Dan   River,  Rev.  C.  Miller, Aug,  27.    1893 

49  Rougemont,  R  e  v.    M,     Mc  G. 

Shields, June  25..    1893 

50  Holloways.  Rev.     M.     Mc  G, 

Shields, A-Ug»  6...   1893 

51  N.  Wilkesboro,     Rev.  A.  Munroe. .  .    July  29..    1893 

52  Danbury,  Rev.  C.  Miller, ...  .    April  6..    1894 

53  Clark  Memorial,  Rev.  C.  Miller,.  .  .  .    June  11.    1894 

54  Asbury,  Rev.  C.  Miller, ... ,    Sept.  2..    1S9S 


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II.  ROLL  OF  SESSIONS 

AND 

BOARDS  OF  DEACONS 

IN 

ORANGE  PRESBYTERY, 


HAWFIELD8    1755. 

Rev.  R.  W.    Culbertson,  P. 

ELDERS. 

S.  A.  White.  Mebane, N.'C. 

A.  V.  Craig,  "       N.  C. 

T.  C  Johnston.  "       N.  C. 

S.  K.  Scott,  (C.)  "       N.C. 

John  A.  Patton.      Albright,.. N.  (\ 

DEACONS. 

W.  H.  Bason,  Swepsonville,. N.  C. 

E.  AY.  Scott.  Melville, N.C. 

C,  J.  Ken,  "       _._ N.C. 

W.  C.  Johnston.       Albright,.... N.  C. 

J.  W.  Bason,  Haw  River, N.C. 

P.  Dixon,  "  N.  C. 

C.  K.  Thompson,  "  N.C. 

A.  A.  Thompson,.    Mebane,.         „ N.  C, 

T.B.Thompson  (T.)         "       ...__ ..N.C. 

Note!—  (C.)  Clerk.     (T.)  Treasurer, 


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RED    HOUSE,    1755. 

ELDERS. 

J.  P.  Rainey,  (C.)  Semora,.. _N.  0. 

W.  G.  Smith,  Osmond,.... " 

DEACONS. 

J.  N.  Rainey  (T.)    Semora,. " 

J.  M.  Long,  Osmond, " 


END,  1755. 
Rev.  H.  S.  Bradshaw,  S.  8. 

ELDERS. 

W.  H.  Anderson.  Cedar  Grove,.. N.  C. 

N.  I).  Bain,  Hillsboro,.. " 

B.  0.  Patton,  Cedar  Grove, u 

R.  W.  Anderson,         "  "        " 

J.  P.  Hughes,  "  "      ?' 

DEACONS. 

J.  K.  Hughes,  Hillsboro, " 

J.  H.  Hughes,  Cedar  Grove, " 

GRIERS. 

Rev.  W.  S.  Campbell,  P. 

ELDERS. 

T.   B.  Smith,  Hightowers,. N.  C. 

,T.  D.  Butler,  "  . " 


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G.  L.  Walker,  «  

B.  F.  Walker,  " 

K.  L.  Mitchell,  "  

DEACONS. 

D.  E.  Wilkinson,    Bidgeville,  N.  0. 

A.  Graham,  Hightowers, _ 

Lewis  A.  Walker,  " 

S.  0.  Smith,  '• 


BUFFALO^    175(). 

J.  Mc.  L.  SeabrooJc,  P. 

ELDERS. 

David  Wharton,     Greensboro,. N.  0. 

Wm.D. Wharton, (C.)  "  . " 

J.  C.  Cannon,  " <; 

George  A.  Denny,  u  .  _ _  " 

D.  E.  Albright,  "  .  ,  " 

T.  B.  Donnell,  McLeansville, 

DEACONS. 

J    M.  Hendrix,  (T.) Greensboro, N.  0. 

J.  L.  Hendrix,  ;<  .... " 

William  A.  Donnell,  "  " 

John  W.  Wharton,  "  " 

George   W.  Denny,  "  " 

J.  A.  Eankin,  ".  _  " 

A.  C.  Rankin.  "  .  " 


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SPEEDWELL,  1759. 

Re\.  D.  I.  Craig,  8.  8. 

ELDERS. 

David  Purcell,        Adelaide, _N.  C. 

Thomas  S.  Malloy,Wentworth, " 

John  L.  Haynes,     Monroeton,_ " 

DEACONS. 

T.  B.Whitted.  Monroeton,. " 

R.  W.  Butler.  «  « 


LITTLE  RIVER,   1761. 
Rtw.  H.  8.  Brads  ltd  iv,  P. 

ELDERS. 

S.  D.  Allison,  Hillsboro, _N.C 

Nelson  P.  Hall,  "         „ " 

Dr.  A.  0.  Jordan,    Caldwell,  institute  N.  0. 
Nazer  V.  Ray,  (C.)         "  "  " 

Thomas  II.  Wilson,         "  "  " 

William  D.  Woods,         "  "  " 

Joseph  H.Woods,  "  "  " 

Wm.  P.  Vallines,  "  "  " 

William  R.  McKee,         "  "  " 

Joseph  F.  Allison.  "  "  " 

DEACONS. 

Weldon L.Hall,  (T.)         "  "  " 


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Thomas  J.  Hall,       Caldwell  Institute,  N.  0 

John  E.  Kinion,  "  "  " 

Henry  0.  Murdoch,         "  "  " 

Thomas  J.  Wilson,  "  "  " 

John  A.  Woods,  "  "  u 

William  A.  Hall,  <<  ".  " 

John  R.  Woods,  «  "  " 

J.  W.  Allison,  "  "  " 

J.  S.  Coleman,  "  "  " 

S.  T.  Latta,  "  <*  " 


ALAMANCE,    1762. 

Rev.  H.  I).  Leuqueux,  S.   JS. 

ELDERS. 

E.  A.  Gilmer,  Greensboro, IS".  C, 

C.  S  Gilmer,  "  » 

W.  C.  Rankin,  "  " 

W.  A   Sharp,  " « 

W   H.  Phipps,  "  » 

L.  M.  Stewart,  "  " 

D.  H.   Coble,  Tabanacle,... K".  C 

W.  R.  McMasters,  Winston, " 

DEACONS. 

J.H.Gilmer,     (T.)  Greensboro,, N.   C 

J.  R.  Coble,  Tabanacle,..  .._'... _     " 

G.  M.  Glass,  Greensboro,  " 


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R,  S.  Phipps,  G-reensboro,. " 

G.  A.  Smith,  "  " 

D.  F.  Causey,  Hinton, " 

John  Weattterly,  "      " 

J.  R.  Pritchett.        Gilmer's    Store.......  " 


BETHESDA,    1705. 

Rev.   E.  B.  Campbell,   P.  E. 

ELDERS. 

E.  J.  Orr,  Locust  Hill,. N.  0. 

T.  C.  Neal,  Ashland,  " 

J.  F.  Badgett,  Locust  Hill, N.  0. 

DEACONS. 

A.   P.  Orr,  Locust    Hill, " 

J.  W.  Cobb,  "  " 

J.  B.  Siddle,  "         " 

Xuma  Wright,  " _  " 

J.  T.  Vincent,  "  " 

NEW  HOPE. 

Rev.  J).  J.  Currie,  P. 

ELDERS. 

C.  W.  Johnston,     Chapel  Hill, N.  C. 

John  T.  Hogan,(C.) University, " 

DEACONS. 

W.  S.  Kirkland,  "  _ " 

J.  D.  Long.  Hillsboro...... " 


00 

BETHLEHEM,    1770. 

Her.  H.    0.  Kegley,  P. 

ELDERS. 

A.  P.  Pickarcl,         Oaks,. .„.., .N.  0, 

Mitchell  Smith,  "       " 

W.JesseMorrow(C)     " '• 

DEACONS. 

A.  J.  Robinson,       Oaks,, N.  0. 

Anion  Smith,  " _ u 

T.  A.  Morrow,  *'       " 

G.  T.Williams,(T.)  Saxapahaw,, „,.    t( 


STONY    CREEK,  1770. 

Rev.  E.  B.   Campbell,  P.  K. 

ELDERS.  • 

J.  H.  Watson,  Graham, N.  (' 

J.  H.  Tarply,  Pleasant  Grove, " 

A.  G.  Garrison,       Iola, '• 

J.  Mel.  Garrison,         "  " 

G.  L.  Barnett,   (C.)Maywood, « 

DEACONS. 

T.  B.  Barker,  (T.)  Maywood, " 

W.  D.  Wilson,  Burlington,... « 


56 

CROSS  ROADS,   1789. 

Rev.  R.  W.  Culbertson,  P. 

ELDERS. 

.lames  G.  Tate,  Glendale, N.  C 

S.  J.  Crawford,(T.)Pleasant  Grove,. " 

E.  C.  Murray,  Vincent...... " 

W.  J.  Anderson.  Stoiuback, " 

E.  A.  Hodge,  Border, 1ST.  C. 

J.  W.  Pickett,  " " 

W.  N.  Tate,  (C.)  Mebane, " 

DEACONS. 

A.  0.  Barnwell,        Pleasant  Grove, N.  0: 

W.  B.  Sellara,  Stoiuback, " 

S.  E,  Tate,  "  ......  « 

J.  F.  Garrison.  "  " 

J.  A.  Smith,  Border, _.. " 

G.  0.  Faucette.         Mebane, _ " 

J.  W.  Tate,  Burlington, " 


BETHEl,. 

Rev.  J.  McL.  MeabrooJc,  P. 

ELDERS. 

Thomas  Rankin,  Greensboro, N.  0. 

G.  W.  Wharton,  McLeansville, " 

A.  C.  Denny,  "  « 

A.  F.  ForbLs,  «  » 


57 

J.  W.  Paisley,  McLeansville, N.  0. 

A.  F.  Forbis,  "  " 

J.  A.  McLean,  (0.)  "  " 

DEACONS. 

W.  P.Wharton,       McLeans ville,.„ N.  0. 

W.  L.  Lindsay,  "  " 

Alex.  Montgomery,  "  , u 

J.  M.  Dick,  "  " 

J.  M.  Rankin,  «  " 

W.  H.  McLean,  (T)  "  tc 

Jno.  H.  Rankin,       Alamance, . " 


HILLSBORO,    1816. 

Rev.  H.  S.  Bradshaw,  P. 

ELDERS. 

Henry  Richards,      Hillsboro _N.   C. 

James  0.  Kerr.  "  " 


DEACONS. 

John  Berry,  Hillsboro,  ,N.  0. 

O.  K.  Parish  "  « 


GEERNSBORO,     1825. 

Rev.  J.  Henry  Smith,  D.  />.,   P. 
Rev.    E.    W.  Smith,  I).   /).,  Go.   P. 

ELDERS. 

Robert  P,  Dick,      Greensboro.,. ....     ,„.N,  0! 


58 

Robert  M.  Sloan,  Greensboro, " 

Samuel  0.  Smith,  «            " 

John  H.  Dillard,  "           " 

J.  W. -Scott,  «           " 

J.  T.  Carson,  "           *« 

W.  S,  Moore,  '<■          « 

R  F.  Robertson,  "          " 

L.  Richardson,  (0.)  »          ..    '< 

DEACONS. 

W.  B.  Bogart,  Greensboro,.  N.  C. 

W.  E.  Bevill,  "         " 

W   0.  McLean,  «           « 

W.  E.  Allen,  «           " 

N.  Ellington,  "           ._    « 

J.T.  Abbott,  <:           _  « 

R.  G.  Glenn,  "           « 

S.  S.  Brown.  "           _ " 

S.  A.  Kerr,  "           « 

R.  R.  King,  «  « 


MILTON,    1826. 
Rev.  W.  8.    Campbell,  P. 

ELDERS. 

W.  L.   Stamps,         Milton,   N.  C. 

J.  W.  Lewis,  «                                  « 

D.  M.  Hines,  «         « 

R.  L.  Walker,  «                                  « 


59 

DEACONS. 

Lewis  Walker,         Milton,_ N.  C. 

N.  M.  Richmond,         " " 

J.  G.  Hunt.  "  " 


LEXINGTON,   1827. 

Rev.  B,  M.  Mclver,  S.  8. 

ELDERS. 

T.  C.  Ford,  Lexington,  .._ N.  0. 

G.  W.  Monteastle,  "  . " 

D.  W.  Biggers,  "  „. " 

B.  L.  Payne,  '<■  " 

W.B.  H.i inner,  "  _____    " 

DEACONS. 

-Joseph  Conrad,  "  " 

T.  A.  Fluck,  Lexington,  __ „„N.  0. 

W.  E.  Hege,  "  '  _.    " 

L.   B.  Wheeler,  "  _    '* 

J.  T.  Lowe,  "  „ «' 

H.  C.  Daniel  "  " 


FAIRFIELD,     1S34. 

Rev.  H.  S.  Bmdshaw,  P. 

ELDERS. 

S.  M.  Wilkinson,     Cedar  Grove,. N.  0. 

David  Thompson,  Hillsboro  " 


(50 

Duncan  Brown,  (0)  Hillsboio N.  0. 

George  Taylor,  " '<■ 

DEACONS. 

I).  T.  Clark  Hillsboro  N.C. 

}  f — 

P.  Smithy  <■'         " 

C  0.  Wilkinson,     Cedar  drove, " 

WILKESBORO,   1837. 

Rev.   C\  W.  Robinson,  P. 

ELDERS, 

L.  M.  Pharr,  Wilkesboro, __;._N.  C. 

G.  Vine,  " " 

J.  T.  Finley,Sr.  (C)  "         u 

DEACONS. 

D.  M.  Smoak,  (T.> -Wilkesboro N,  C, 

CHAPEL  HIIL,    1845. 

Rev.  D   J.  Currie,    P. 

ELDERS. 

T.  M.  Kirkland,       Chapel  Hill, N.  0. 

J.  A.  Holmes,  "  " 

F.  P.  Tenable,  "  " 

DEACONS 

T.  J.  Wilson.  Chapel  Hill, N.  C 

E.  L.  Harris,  «  " 
K.  A.   Alderman.                "  «• 


61 

ASHBORO,   1849. 

Rev.  W.  L.  Harrell  8,  S. 


ELDERS. 

A.  C.  McAlister,     Ashboro, N.  0. 

DEACONS. 

R.  S.  Hunter,  Asliboro, N.  0. 

J.  S.  McAlister,       Worth ville, " 


GRAHAM.    1850. 

Rev.  W.  R.  Coppedge,  P. 

ELDERS. 

T.  M.  Holt,  Haw  River, N.  0. 

W.  0.  Donnell,        Graham,  " 

J.  A.  Long,  "       .;  " 

L.  B.   Holt'  "  it 

J.  L.  Scott,  Jr.  (0.)         "       " 

DEACONS. 

J.   L.  Scott,  Graham, N.  C. 

C.  P.  Albright,  "  •<■ 

A.  B.  Tate,  "  " 

J.  W.  Whitsett.  «        ;_.._ " 

J.  W.  Menefee,  "  « 

McBride  Holt,  (T.)  «'  « 


62 
MADISON,  185(1. 

Rev... 

ELDERS. 

W.  G.  Anderson,     Madison, N.  C. 

W.T.Chambers,(C)         "        " 

J.  0.  Johnston,  "        " 

J.  V.  Price,  Hogan's, " 

DEACONS. 

Jesse  Carter,  Jr.  Madison,,. N.  C. 

J.  M.  Apple,  (T.)  •<        " 

J.  H.  Card  well,  Douglas, " 

J.  P.  Dalton,  Pine  Hall. " 

YANCEY  VILLE,  L858. 
Rev.   E.  B.  Campbell,  P.  E. 

ELDERS, 

T.  M.  McCrary,        Blanche,  N.  0. 

L.  M    Neal,  Yanceyville, " 

DEACONS. 


MT.  AIEY,    1858. 

Rev. 

ELDERS. 

Eobt.    S.  Gilmer,     Mt.  Airy, N.  C 

W»  F.  Carter.  (0.)  "        "■ 


03 
A.  G.  Trotter,  Mt.  Airy, __N.  C. 

DEACONS. 

W.  P.  Gilmer,  Mt.  Airy, N.  C. 

J.  E.  Spaugh,  (T.)  "        k< 


HIGH  POINT,  1859. 

Rev,  W.  L.  Harrell,  P. 

ELDERS. 

H.  C.  Bowman,         High  Point,.. _N.  C, 

E.  A.  Snow,  "  . " 

W.T.  Rankin,  (C.)  "  " 

R.  G.Lea,  «  " 

W.  0.  Denny,  "  « 

DEACONS. 

J.  W.  Snell,  High  Point, N.  0. 

J.  C.  Callnm,  "  « 

W.  E.  Thurston,  "  « 

J.  R.  Brown,  (T.)  "  __ « 

William  Partridge,         «  __ " 

I).  C  Aldridge,  "  " 


WBNTWOETH,    1800. 

Rep. 

ELDERS. 

T.  A.  Ratliffe,  (C.)  Went  worth  r„; „N.  G 

R.  W.  Morphia,  (T.)Wentworth, _„     » 


64 
LEAKSVILLE,   I860, 
Rev. 

ELDERS. 

Hiram  Foard,  Leaksville, N.  0. 

Alex.  Moir,  u  ll 

N".  S.  Smith,  Stoneville,  _ _ " 

DEACONS. 

W.  K,  Walker,  Leaksville,  N.  C. 

J.  S.  Patterson,  "  " 

0.  8.  Hamlin,  «  __..     " 

WINSTON,  l.st,    1862, 
Rev.  R.   E.  Caldwell,   P. 

ELDERS. 

T.  J.  Wilson,  Winston, _„„N.  0. 

H.  D.  Lott,  "  " 

T.  J.  Brown,  "  __  " 

J.  W.  Shepherd,  "  " 

J.  M.  Rogers,  "  » 

E.  J.    Davis,  (0.)  " " 

W.  S.  Clary,  «  _     _____  « 

DEACONS. 

W.  B.  Carter,  Winston,  N.  C 

T.   F    Williamson.  "  " 

1).  P.  Mast,  "  " 

J.  P.  Jones.  «  u 


65 
A.  B   Gorrell,  Winston, N.  C. 

Thomas  Patterson,  ." " 

T.  A.  Wilson,  (T)  •' ...     " 

W.  B.  Taylor,  "  " 

MEBANE,  1868. 

Rev.  H.  G.  Kegley,  P. 

ELDERS. 

T.  M.  Cheek,  (C.  &  T),  Mebane, N.  C. 

1).  A.  White,                         "  " 

M.  W.  Moore,  Oaks, ......     " 

DEACONS. 

T.  H.  Fowler,  Mebane. N.  C. 

J.  T.  Dick,  "  '• 

H.  M.  Jobe,  "  <i 

SPEINaWOOD,  1-868. 
Rev.  H.  D.  Lequeux,  S.  S. 

ELDERS. 

I).  P.  Foust,  Alamance    .     X.  C. 

Albert  Ingle,  (ribsonville,  X.  0. 

J.  E.  Olapp,  Brick  Church,  N.  C. 

A.  (I.  Clapj).  (0.)  Gibsonville,  __.N.  (\ 

DEACONS. 

B.  B.  Wheeler,  "  " 

J.  C.  Ingle,  Blon,   N.  C. 

G.  M.  R.  Clapp,  (T.)      Brick  Church,  N.  C. 


66 

DURHAM,   1871. 

Rev.  L.  B.  Tumbull,  P. 

ELDERS. 

II.  D.  Blacknall,  Durham,. 1ST.  C. 

T.  B.  Fuller,  " 

W.  H.  Hanks,  « 

W.  P.  Jordan,  "         _ 

G.  W.  Watts,  " 

L.  D.  Heartt,  (0.)  " 


L.  A.  Carr,  Durham, N.  0. 

R.  T.  Faucette,  " 

J.  W.  Jones,  " 

J.  Y.  Whitted,  " 

Q.  E.  Rawles,  (T.)  " 

W.  M.  Morgan,  " 

H.  A.  Walker,  « 


REIDSVTLLB,    1875. 
Rey.  I).  I.  Craig,  P. 

ELDERS. 

J.  M.  Andrews,  (0.)        Reidsville,... N.  C. 

R.  P.  Richardson,  Jr.,  "  _ » 

R.  M.  Denny,  "  » 

J.  N.  Craig,  "                    « 

S.  H.  Boyd,'  "                     " 


67 

DEACONS. 

J,  M,  Cox,  (T.)  Reidsville, N.  C. 

0.  H.  Denny,  "  » 

B.  F.  Hall,  «         _~    « 

W.  L.  Walker,  "  " 

J.  C.  Wo  mack,  "  " 

E.  H.  Scales,  "  " 

OAK    FOREST,  1878. 
ifo'0 . 

ELDERS, 

None 

DEACONS. 

J.  I).  Daniel,  Mayrteld, N.  0. 

BURLINGTON,   187!). 

Rev.  McG.  Shields,  P. 

ELDERS. 

James  H.  Holt,  Burlington, X.  C. 

John  W.  Rippey,  "  " 

James  D.  Bason,  "  '* 

J.  W.  Sharpe,  "  " 

DEACONS. 

R.  B.  Cellars.  Burlington, X.  0 

W.  W.  Lasley,  "  " 

1).  H.  White,  "  " 


68 
JAMESTOWN,'  1881. 
Rev.  W.  L.  Harrell,  8.  8. 

ELDERS 

J.  M.  Wharton,  Jamestown, N.  C 

W.  M.  Wiley,  "  " 

DEACONS. 

None 


CALAH,    1881 


Rev. 
P.  K.  Foust, 
None 


ELDERS. 

Ponst  Mills 

DEACONS. 


WOKTHVILLE,    L881. 

Rev.  T).  M.  Mclver,  8.  8. 

ELDERS. 


N.  0. 


WESTMINSTER,    1887. 

Rev.  8.  O  Hall,  P. 

ELDERS. 

W.  P.  Beall,  (0.)  Greensboro,. ...N.  0. 
!).  I).  Gillespie,  "  ....     " 

J.  <\  Lewis,  "  __.     » 

J.  0.  Wharton,  "  " 

E.  P.  Wharton  "  " 


(J9 


DRAGONS. 

W.  K.  Forbes.  Greensboro 

A.  W.  McAlister, 

T.  J.  McLean,  (T.)  " 

R.  W.  Murray,  " 

M.  G.  Newell, 

G.  8.  Sergeant,  u 

John  Wakefield,  " 


N 


Midway,  1888. 
Rev.  J.  McL.  SeabrooJc,  P. 

ELDERS. 

A.  T.  Wliitsett,  Greensboro, N.  C. 

W.  P.  McLean,  (C.)  "  ......    " 

X.  B,  Rankin,  Wilkesboro, " 

DEACONS. 

A.  H.  Murray,  (T.)         Greensboro, N.  0. 

H.  A.  Wilson,  "  ......     " 

J.  I).  Donnell,  "  " 


elkin  (colored),   1892. 
Rev.  8.  G.  Walker,  8.  8. 

ELDERS. 

0 

M.  Hickerson,  Elkin, 

DEACONS. 

None. 


N.  C. 


70 

E1.INR  (colored),  1882. 

Rev.  B.  B.  Palmer,  tf.  8. 

ELDERS. 

Non  e 

BETHANY,    1.SD2. 

Rev.  R.  W.  Culbertson,  P. 

ELDERS. 

B.  R.  Dixon,  Graham  _N.  C. 

W.  L.  Cooper  (C),  "      " 

DEACONS. 

G.  S.  Rogers,  Graham X.  0. 

VV.  C.  Curtis,  "     ._ __„.     " 

J.  B.  Dixon  (T.),  "      " 

ROXBORO,    1892. 

Rev. 

ELDERS. 

T.  C    Brooks,  Roxboro_ N.  C. 

J.  A.  Wise,  "       __. " 

Henry  Field,  <•  " 

DEACONS. 

R.  G.  Thompson,  Roxboro  N.  G. 


71 

GILEAD,    181>2. 

Rev.   W.  S.  Campbell,  8.  8. 

ELDERS. 

W.W.Taylor,  Milton N.  C. 

H.  W.  Hagermaii,  Estelle " 

DEACONS. 

N.  T.  Rainey,  Estelle N  C. 

WINSTON,    UND,    1893. 

Her. 

ELDERS. 

John  J.  Adams.  Wiiiston N.  C. 

DEACONS. 

N.  A.  Lewis,  Winston N.  C. 

DAN    RIVER,    1892. 

Rev.  C.  Miller,  8.  8. 

ELDERS. 

li.  W.  George,  Francisco N.  O. 

E.  E.  Smith  (0.),  "  " 

Reid  Forrest  "         " 

DEACONS. 

K.  H.  L.  Smith,  Francisco  N.  0. 

S    M.  Forrest,  "         _,.„_•„.     " 

G.  0.  Smith,  "  « 


72 
ROTJGEMONT,    1883. 
Rev. 

ELDERS. 

D.  N.  Garrard  (C),     Rougeinoiit N.  0. 

J.  K.  MeCutchen  »  « 

DEACONS. 

None 

HOLLOWAYS,    1893. 
Rev. 

ELDERS. 

John  A.  Baird,  Sr.,      Oristie..  N.  C. 

John  S.  Pool,  Holloway  " 

DEACONS. 

None 

NORTH    WILKESBORO,     L893. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Robinson,  P. 

ELDERS. 

J.  E.  Finley  (C.);     N.  Wilkesboro.„„ N.  0. 

DEACONS. 

.1.  R.  Finley  (T.),    N.  Wilkesboro    N.  C 

•I.  W.  Barber,  "  « 


7a 

DANBUEY,    181)4. 

Rer.  G.  Miller,  8.  8. 

ELDERS. 

A.  H.  Joyce,  Danbury N.  0. 

DEACONS. 

None 

CLARKE  memorial  (colored),   1894. 
Rer.  8.  G.  Walker,  S.  S. 

ELDERS. 

Jerry  Smith,  Danbury     N.  0. 

DEACONS. 

None 

ASBURY,    1894. 
Rer.  <?.  Miller,  S.  S. 

ELDERS. 

Ira  E.  Jessup,  Dan  River N.  0. 

GL  W.  Ferris,  "  « 

DEACONS. 

None 


III.   ALPHABETICAL  ROLL  OF  CHURCHES 


And  the  Counties  in  Which  Located. 


1.  Alamance In  Guilford 

2.  Asbury "  Stokes 

3.  Ashboro u  Randolph 

4.  Bethany __ u  Alamance 

5.  Bethel "  Guilford 

(J.  Bethesda  "  Caswell 

7.  Bethlehem "  Alamance 

8.  Buffalo "  Guilford 

9.  Burlington "  Alamance 

10.  Calah _ «  Randolph 

11.  Chapel  Hill  _. "  Orange 

L2.  Clark  Mem orial(colored)  "  Stokes 

13.  Cross  Roads  "  Alamance 

14.  Danbury ,,_ "  Stokes 

15.  Dan  River "  Stokes 

1(>.   Durham  "  Durham 

17.  Elkin  (colored) »  Surry 

18.  Elim  (colored)     "  Caswell 

10.   Eno u  Orange 


(6 

20.  Fairfield "  Orange 

21.  Gilead "  Caswell 

22.  Graham      ____ "  Alamance 

23.  Greensboro  "  Guilford 

24.  Griers  "  Caswell 

25.  Hawfields '  Alamance 

26.  High  Point  "  Guilford 

27.  Hillsboro  "  Orange 

28.  Holloways                            "  Person 
2!>.  Jamestown              "  Guilford 

30.  Leaksville  "  Rockingham 

31.  Lexington  "  Davidson 

32.  Little  River "  Orange 

33.  Madison        ... '•  Rockingham 

34.  Mebane __.__ "  Alamance 

35.  Midway __ "  Guilford 

36.  Milton "  Caswell 

37.  Mt.  Airy "  Surry 

38.  New  Hope  "  Orange 

39.  North  Wilkesboro "  Wilkes 

40.  Oak  Forest  "  Rockingham 

41.  Red  House "  Caswell 

42.  Reidsville       "  Rockingham 

43.  Rougemont  "  Person 

44.  Roxboro  "  Person 

45.  Speedwell  _ .... <l  Rockingham 

4(i.  Springwood "  Guilford 


7<i 


47.  Stony  Creek 

4.s.  Wentworth 

4!>.  Westminster 

."><).  Wilkesboro 

51.  Winston  1st.. 

52.  Winston  2d  . 

53.  Worth ville  ... 
r>4.  Yanceyville 


Alamance 

Rocking  bam 

Guilford 

Wilkes 

Forsyth 

Forsyth 

Randolph 

Caswell 


MANUAL 


SECOND    PART. 


Standing  Rules. 


STANDING  RULES  OF  ORANGE  PRESBYTERY. 


SECTION  J. 

GOVERNMENT. 

Rule  1.  The  Rules  of  Parliamentary  Order 
adopted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States, 
are  hereby  adopted  as  Standing  Rules  for 
the  government  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Orange, 

Kule  2  All  Standing  Pules  shall  be  in- 
troduced with  these,  or  some  such  words, 
to  denote  that  they  are  Standing  Rules, 
viz  :  "  Resolved,  That  it  be  a  Standing 
Rule,  &c." 

Rule  3.  It  shall  require  two-thirds  of  all 
the  members  present  at  a  regular  stated 
meeting  to  adopt,  suspend,  amend  or  abol- 
ish a  Standing  Rule. 

SECTION  II. 

CHURCH    SESSIONS. 

Rule  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every 
Church  Session  to  hold  stated  meetings  at 


79 
least  once  during  every  quarter  of  the  year, 
and  to  keep  a  fair  record  of  all  tlie  proceed- 
ings of  each  meeting,  and  to  read  and  ap- 
prove the  record  before  it  is  submitted  to 
the  Presbytery  for  inspection  and  approval. 
Rule  5.  The  proper  matter  for  Sessional 
Record  shall  be  as  follows,  viz  : 

1.  The  time  and  particular  place  of  meet 
ing,  and  the  names  of  members  present,  and 
of  the  Moderator,  should  be  given;  it  should 
also  be  stated  that  the  meeting  was  opened  * 
and  closed  with  prayer,  except  when  it  was 
not  so  opened  and  closed,  in  which  case 
the  reason  for  the  omission  should  be 
given  for  the  judgment  of  the  Presby- 
tery. 

2.  Things  done  by  the  session  are  to  In- 
recorded.  Things  moved  and  rejected,  re- 
ports and  statements  made,  but  not  acted 
on,  are  not  proper  matters  for  record. 

3.  Every  report  to  Presbytery  is  among 
the  things  done,  because  it  is  adopted  by 
the  session,  and  would  naturally  have  place 
in  the  record,  but  some  reports  are  but  du- 
plicates of  others.  In  every  case  where  this 
is  so,  the  duplicate  need  not  be  recorded, 
but  the  statistical  report,   called   the  Ses 


so 

sional  report,    should    be  recorded   in  full. 

4.  Baptisms,  Congregational  meetings, 
protracted  meetings,  etc.,  are  not  among  the 
things  done  by  the  Session,  and  ought  not 
to  appear  among  the  Sessional  records,  bur 
the.  Session  may  have  a  line  drawn  across 
the  pages  of  their  Book,  and  direct  all  such 
historical  matter  to  be  recorded  below  the 
line, 

.">.  The  Session  may,  by  special  order, 
make  such  things  as  are  noted  above  a  mat- 
ter of  record  among  their  proceedings;  in 
which  ease  the  record  should  begin  with 
some  such  form  of  words  as  this,  viz:  The 
Session  ordered  the  following  record  to  be 
made,  etc. 

(5.  The  results  of  Congregational  meetings 
for  call  of  Pastor,  or  electing  or  her  officers, 
or  any  business  of  importance,  should  be 
procured  by  the  Session,  and  recorded  in 
the  .Minutes  of  the  Session,  together  with 
the  action  of  the  Session  thereon. 

7.  In  general,  all  things  are  to  be  re- 
corded which  show,  first,  the  orderly  and 
lawful  nature  of  the  meeting,  and  second, 
all  that  the  meeting  did.  anil  no  more 

Rule  H.    No  exceptions  to  this  Rule    will 


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be     allowed,     except     as     herein     stated. 

Every  Session  snail  keep  a  register  of  the 
names  of  their  baptized  nun -communicants, 
together  with  the  date  of  their  baptism, 
and  when  Oertiticates  of  dismission  are 
granted  to  parents,  they  shall  include  also 
the  names  of  their  baptized  children.  When 
parents  are  received  on  Certificates,  in  the 
organization  of  Chinches,  the  names  of 
their  baptized  children  shall  be  received 
with  them,  and  shall  be  entered  on  the  roll 
of  non-communicants,  and  in  all  cases  of 
transfer,  the  Session,  on  reception  of  mem 
hers,  should  communicate  the  fact  to  tin- 
session  dismissing  them. 

Rule  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  church 
session  to  appoint  representatives,  princi- 
pal and  alternate  to  all  the  stated  meetings 
of  Presbytery  and  Synod,  and  in  no  case 
will  the  Presbytery  enroll  the  name  of  ;i 
representative  who  has  not  been  regularly 
appointed  by  his  session.  And  the  repre- 
sentative who  first  takes  his  seat  hs  member. 
whether  principal  or  alternate,  shall,  ordi- 
narily, sit  in  all  the  adjourned  meetings  of 
the  court,  following  the  regular  stated  meet- 
ing.    But  in  the  case  of  an  adjourned  meet- 


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ing  of  the  Presbytery  during'  the  Sessions 
of  Synod,  the  Session  should  specifically  ap- 
point the  representative  Elder  in  the  Synod 
to  sit  also  as  a  member  of  the  Presbytery, 
unless  he  be  already  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
bytery by  enrollment  at  its  last  meeting. 

Rule  8.  Church  Sessions  are  required  to 
present  their  Records  for  review  annually 
at  the  Spring  meeting  of  the  Presbytery. 

Rule  9.  Every  session  is  required  to  for- 
ward annually  to  the  Presbytery,  at  the 
Spring  meeting,  a  written  narrative  on  the 
state  of  Religion  in  the  bounds  of  the  con- 
gregation, to  be  read  in  the  Presbytery, 
and  thereafter  placed  in  the  hands  of  a 
Committee  to  prepare  a  narrative  for  the 
General  Assembly  and  the  Synod. 

The  particular  subjects  to  be  embraced  in 
the  narrative  shall  be  the  following,  with 
such  additional  matter  as  the  Session  may 
deem  important  or  proper  to  show  the  Spirit- 
ual growth  or  decline  of  the  Church,  viz: 

1.  Fidelity  of  Minister,  Elders  and  Bea- 
cons. 

1.  Attendance  of  the  people  upon  public 
worship. 

3.  Prayer  meetings. 


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4.  Observance  of  the  Sabbath. 

5.  Observance  of  Family  worship,  and 
parental  instruction 

6.  Interest  in  Foreign  Missions — ''on cert 
of  Prayer. 

7.  The  Sabbath-School  and  Bible  Class. 

8.  Mission  Schools,  Chapels,  &c. 

0.  Number  of  addirionson  profession,  &c. 

10.  Worldly  amusements  and  intemper- 
ance 

11.  Peace  <ind  Harmony  in  the  Church. 

12.  Systematic  and  regular  contributions 
in  the  benevolent  causes  ot  the  Church,  as 
conducted  by  the  Assembly  and  Presbytery. 

It  is  recommended  that  the  narrative, 
after  its  adoption  by  the  Session,  shall  be 
read  to  the  Congregation  before  sending  it 
up  to  the  Presbytery. 

Pule  10.  Every  Session  is  required  to  re- 
port in  writing  annually  to  the  Presbytery, 
at  the  spring  meeting,  on  the  following 
questions,  viz : 

1.  Whether  provision  is  made  for  the  poor 
of  the  Church,  so  that  none  are  dependent 
on  public  Charity. 

2.  Whether  representatives  are  appointed, 
as  required  in  Rule  1. 


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3.  Whether  provision  is  made  for  defray- 
ing the  traveling  expenses  of  Representa- 
tive and  Minister  to  the  Presbytery  and 
Synod. 

1.  Whether  the  Assessment  to  the  Pres- 
byterial  fund,  and  the  apportionments  to 
the  benevolent  causes  of  the  church,  and 
salary  promised  to  the  minister,  have  been 
punctually  paid. 

Rule  11.  In  every  case  in  which  a  Church 
reports  a  failure  to  pay  punctually  to  its 
Minister  the  salary  promised,  without  as- 
signing a  satisfactory  reason,  the  Church 
so  failing  shall  be  summoned  to  appear  by 
its  representatives  or  commissioners  before 
the  the  Presbytery,  and  show  cause  for 
such  failure. 

Rule  12.  It  is  expected  that  each  Session 
shall  require  the  Board  of  Deacons  to  keep 
a  Book,  wherein  shall  be  recorded  a  strict 
account  of  all  the  financial  matters  per 
taining  to  the  Congregation,  or  any 
other  matter  belonging  to  them,  and  it 
shall  be  the  fluty  of  the  Session  to  examine 
this  Book  and  pass  niton  it  at  least  once  a 
year. 

Rule  13.  Every  Session    shall    diligently 


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require  the  Treasurer  of  the  Church  to  re- 
port and  transmit  promptly  to  the  Treasurer 
of  the  Presbytery,  all  moneys  collected  for 
the  benevolent  causes  of  the  Church  as  or- 
dered by  the  General  Assembly  and  the. 
Presbytery. 

Rule  14.  Every  Session  is  required  to  give 
careful  attention  to  the  provisions  of  the 
Book  of  Discipline,  Chap.  15.,  Part  2,  3  and 
4,  respecting  the  transfer  of  non-resident 
members,  and  the  whole  number  of  regis- 
tered communicants  shall  always  be  re- 
ported to  the  Presbytery,  and  not  merely 
rhe  number  residing  at  the  time  in  the 
bounds  of  rhe  Congregation. 

Rule  15.  Every  Session  is  required  to  au- 
thorize their  Clerk  to  fill  out  all  the  blanks 
sent  by  the  Stated  Clerk  of  Presbytery,  and 
after  their  approval  by  the  Session,  they 
shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Stated  Clerk  before 
the  meeting  of  Presbytery,  or  be  in  his 
hands  immediately  after  the  Presbytery 
convenes. 

SECTION  III. 

PASTORS.    STATED    SUPPLIES    AND 
LICENTIATES. 

Pule  1(4  The    Presbytery    will    entertain 


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uo  Call  from,  and  grant  no  supplies  to  any 
Church  in  arrears  for  ministerial  services 
rendered,  except  in  cases  in  which  satisfac- 
tory reasons  are  presented  to  the  Presby- 
tery.— See  Eule  11. 

Rule  17.  Ministers  and  congregations 
have  no  right  to  change  the  conditions  of  a 
call,  and  the  Presbytery  will  recognize  no 
such  alteration. 

Rule  18.  Missionary  supplies  which  are 
sent  out  from  time  to  time  into  destitute 
places  are  invested  with  evangelistic  au- 
thority during  their  visits,  to  receive  per 
sons  into  church  membership  and  com- 
munion, and  to  enroll  such  persons  in  the 
church  to  which  they  would  naturally  be- 
long. 

Rule  19.  The  Presbytery  asserts  and 
maintains  its  authority  over  the  relation  of 
Stated  Supply.  It  can  be  formed  only  by 
the  consent  of  the  Presbytery,  and  it  can 
be  continued  only  by  a  new  application  to 
the  Presbytery  at  each  spring  meeting,  or 
in  the  interim,  it  may  be  formed  or  contin- 
ued by  the  committee  or  agent  of  Home 
Missions,  subject  to  the  endorsement  of  the 
Presbytery.     The  relation  of  stated  supply 


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shall  in  all  cases  terminate   on  the  31st  of 
March,  each  year 

Rule  20.  All  Licentiates  under  the  care 
of  this  Presbytery  shall  he  assigned  to 
suitable  fields  of  labor,  and  they  are  re- 
quired to  be  present  at  the  stated  meetings 
of  Presbytery,  and  to  give  an  account  of 
their  labors. 

Rule  21.  If  a  Licentiate  is  necessarily  ab- 
sent from  a  stated  meeting-,  it  shall  be  his 
duty  to  send  a  written  report  of  the  man- 
ner in  which  he  has  been  occupied.  But  if 
a  Licentiate  absent  himself  without  report 
or  excuse  for  two  years  from  the  meetings 
of  the  Presbytery,  his  license  shall  be  re 
called. 

Rule  22.  When  a  Licentiate  is  ordained 
to  the  full  work  of  the  Gospel  Ministry,  he 
shall  be  required  to  subscribe  his  name  to 
the  "Obligations  of  Ministers  Required  at 
Ordination." 

SECTION   IV. 

COMMITTEES. 

Rule  23.  The  Committees  of  the  Presby- 
tery of  Orange  shall  be  classed  according 
r<>  the  nature  of  the  duties  assigned  them,, 


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under     the     four     following'     heads,    viz  : 
Special,   Standing,  Executive,  and  Examin- 
ing or  Permanent. 

I.    SPECIAL    COMMITTEES. 

Ilule  24.  The  Presbytery  shall  appoint 
Special  Committees  in  many  matters  or 
emergencies  of  minor  importance,  or  even 
in  many  cases  of  great  importance  and  of 
more  serious  character,  all  of  which  need 
to  be  carefully  examined,  considered  and 
reported  to  the  Presbytery  for  final  action 
or  approval.  In  all  cases,  however,  the 
appointment  of  such  committees  shall  be 
for  a  specific  purpose,  clearly  defined,  and 
which  shall,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Presby- 
tery, subserve  the  interests  of  the  church 
and  accomplish  the  end  in  view  better  than 
a  commission. 

II.    STAMPING-    COMMITTEES 

Rule  25.  Standing  Committees  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  Moderator  at  the  stated 
meeting's  of  Presbytery,  and  they  shall 
continue  until  the  final  adjournment  of  the 
meeting.  To  them  shall  be  committed  the 
routine  business  of  the  Presbytery,  and 
their  reports  shall  be  submitted  in  writing. 

Note — The  following  Standing  Commit- 


tees   shall   be    appointed    at    each    Spring 
Meeting,  viz  : 

1.  On  Devotional  Exercises. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  committee  to 
arrange  for  the  public  worship,  and  other 
devotional  exercises  which  the  Presbytery 
may  appoint  to  be  held. 

2.  On  Calls  and  Supplies. 

This  committee  shall  be  composed  of  five 
members,  to-wit:  The  Chairman  or  Agent 
of  Homo  Missions  with  two  Ministers  and 
two  Ruling-  Elders,  to  whom  shall  be  re- 
ferred all  matters  concerning  the  change  of 
Pastors  and  Stated  Supplies,  and  all  appli- 
cations for  aid,  with  instructions  to  report 
the  same  to  Presbytery  with  recommenda- 
tions. 

8.   On  Installations. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  committee  to 
make  all  necessary  arrangements  for  the 
Installation  of  Pastors,  and  report  the  same 
to  Presbytery  for  approval. 

4.   On  Narrative  to  the  General  Assembly  and 
Synod. 
The   report    of   this   committee    shall   be 


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based  upon  the  written  Narratives  of  the 
Sessions,  and  shall  be  compiled  after  a 
careful  examination  of  the  same. 

5.  On  Minutes  of  the  Synod. 

This  committee  shall  examine  the  Min- 
utes of  the  Synod,  and  report  all  matters 
therein  requiring  the  attention  of  the  Pres- 
bytery. 

6.  On  Sessional  Duties. 

This  committee  shall  carefully  examine 
and  report  on  the  Reports  of  Sessions  on 
Sessional  Duties. 

7.  On  Systematic  Beneficence. 

This  committee  shall  prepare  a  report  for 
the  General  Assembly,  based  on  the  reports 
of  Sessions  on  Systematic  Beneficence.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  this  committee  to  note 
the  omissions  of  any  collection  ordered  by 
the  Assembly  or  Presbytery,  and  to  exam- 
ine the  reason-,  if  any,  assigned  for  the 
omission,  and  to  recommend  judgment 
thereon  for  the  approval  of  Presbytery. 

8.  On  Sessional  Records. 

This  committee  shall  be  sub-divided. 
The  roll  of  churches  shall  be  divided  into 


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three  sections,  and  a  committee  composed 
of  three  members  shall  be  appointed  to 
each  section.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  these 
committees  to  review  the  Sessional  Eec- 
ords,  and  to  note  all  irregularities,  and 
whatever  is  not  proper  under  the  Constitu- 
tion and  Eules  of  the  Presbytery. 

After  the  books  are  examined,  the  three 
committees  shall  then  meet  in  committee  of 
the  whole,  and  compare,  classify  and  adjust 
to  a  common  standard  their  various  criti- 
cisms and  exceptions.  A  report  shall  then 
be  made  to  the  Presbytery  by  some  member 
of  the  whole  committee,  and  only  such  ex- 
ceptions as  have  been  sustained  by  a  major- 
ity of  the  whole  Committee,  should  be  re- 
ported to  the  Presbytery. 
'■>.    On  Nominations. 

This  Committee  shall  be  composed  of  live 
members,  and  shall  make  nominations  for 
the  Committee  of  Home  Missions  before 
each  annual  election.  .Nominations  lor 
other  Committees  and  vacancies  may  be  re- 
ferred to  this  Committee  by  special  order  of 
the  Presbytery. 
10.   On  Leave  of  Absenee. 

This  Committee  should  carefully  keep  in 


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mind  the    business  of  the  Presbytery,  and 
grant    no   request    for   leave  of  absence  ex- 
cept for  good  and  sufficient  reasons 

Note — The  following  Standing  Commit 
tees  shall  be  appointed  at  each  Fall  Meet 
ing,  viz  : 

1.  On  Devotional  Exercises. 

2.  On  Calls  and  Supplies. 

3.  On  Installations. 

4.  On  Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly. 

5.  On  Nominations. 

0.  On  Leave  of  Absence. 

III.    EXECUTIVE    COMMITTEES. 

Rule  2(>.  Executive  Committees  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  Presbytery  at  its  stated 
meetings,  and  shall  continue  for  one  year 
from  the  time  of  appointment.  They  shall 
be  composed  of  one  or  more  members,  ac- 
cording as  the  Presbytery  may  direct.  In 
cases  where  only  one  person  constitutes 
the  committee,  he  shall  be  called  "Agent." 
as  distinguished  from  "Chairman,"  in  other 
cases. 

Note — The  following  Executive  Commit- 
tees shall  be  appointed  by  the  Presbytery 
at  each  Spring  Meeting,  viz  : 


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1.   On  Education  for  the  Ministry. 

This  committee  shall  be  composed  of 
three  members,  and  shall  be  appointed  annu- 
ally at  the  spring  meeting.  They  shall  re- 
port in  writing  to  the  Presbytery  semi- 
annually, but  shall  give  prominence  to  their 
report  at  the  fall  meeting",  by  making  it 
full  and  explicit  in  relation  to  each  candi- 
date under  our  care. 

This  committee  shall  be  charged  with  the 
oversight  of  all  the  unlicensed  candidates 
under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery,  and  no 
candidate  shall  receive  aid  from  the  Educa- 
tion Committee  before  he  places  himself 
under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery. 

This  committee  should  keep  themselves 
informed  of  the  deportment,  diligence  and 
progress,  religious  as  well  as  literary,  of  all 
our  candidates,  by  correspondence  with  pro- 
fessors of  the  college  and  seminary  ;  and 
by  judicious  inquiry  of  ministers,  elders,  or 
other  persons,  and  endeavor  to  ascertain 
their  profitableness  for  the  ministry  while 
engaged  in  teaching,  mission  work,  colpor- 
tage,  or  such  like  occupations,  during  their 
intervals  of  study.  They  are  required  also 
to   recommend    the    continuance   of   every 


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candidate  who  is  a  beneficiary,  as  such,  or 
not,  according'  to  their  judgment,  and  they 
shall    report   of    all    this   matter    of    their 
superintendence. 

In  view  of  these  matters  enjoined  upon 
the  committee,  it  shall  be  required  of  every 
candidate  to  write  at  least  twice  every  year 
(say  during-  the  months  of  August  and 
March),  to  the  Chairman  of  this  committee, 
giving  to  him  full  information  on  the  follow- 
ing points,  viz  : 

— The  candidate's  name  in  full,  and  post- 
office  at  the  time  of  writing,  and  what  are 
his  studies,  and  in  what  classes,  if  at  a 
college  or  academy. 

— What  sort  of  religions  work  he  is  en- 
gaged in,  as  to  Sabbath  schools,  Bible 
classes,  prayer  meetings  and  such  like,  for 
his  own  spiritual  improvement  and  for  a 
good  influence  upon  others. 

— Whether  he  specially  avails  himself  of 
the  opportunities  afforded  him  for  cultiva- 
ting ease  and  readiness  in  public  speaking. 

— Whether  during  vacations,  or  while  en- 
gaged in  teaching  or  in  other  honorable 
ways  of  procuring  pecuniary  means,  he 
tries  to  be   active  in  the   discharge  of  his 


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Christian  duties,  in  church  attendance,  in 

social  prayer  meetings,  and  in  other  ways, 
as  is  expected  of  a  candidate  for  the  minis 
try. 

In  all  these  matters  he  is  expected  to 
write  freely  and  fully  to  the  Chairman  of 
the  Presbytery's  eommittee. 

And  in  order  that  each  candidate  may 
know  these  instructions,  it  shall  be  required 
of  the  Chairman  of  the  committee  to  pro- 
cure from  the  Stated  Clerk  copies  of  the 
Manual,  and  to  send  a  copy  to  each  candi- 
date, calling  his  attention  to  the  foregoing 
instructions. 
2.   On  Home  Missions. 

This  committee  shall  be  composed  of  Jive 
members,  and  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
Presbytery  annually  at  the  spring  meeting, 
and  they  shall  report  to  the  Presbytery  in 
writing,  through  the  Chairman,  semi-annu- 
ally at  the   stated   meetings  of  Presbytery. 

These  semi-annual  reports  shall  be  in  full 
of  all  the  operations  of  the  committee,  and 
shall  be  accompanied,  under  the  direction 
of  the  committee,  by  a  fii'l  report  from 
•each  evangelist  and  home  missionary  within 
■our  bounds. 


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And  if  deemed  advisable  by  the  commit- 
tee, a  popular  meeting'  shall  be  held  in  the 
interest  of  Home  Missions,  at  such  hour 
of  the  third  (\a>y  as  the  Presbytery  may  direct, 
at  each  .stated  meeting  of  the  Presbytery. 

If,  however,  a  popular  meeting  can 
not  be  conveniently  held  at  both  the 
stated  meetings  during  the  year,  and  if 
more  prominence  is  to  be  given  to  one 
semi-annual  report  than  to  the  other  the 
preference  in  each  case  shall  be  given  to 
the  fall  meeting. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  committee, 
under  the  direction  of  the  Presbytery,  to 
have  the  oversight  and  conduct  of  the  en- 
tire work  of  Home  Missions  within  the 
bounds  of  the  Presbytery. 

And  under  the  term  u  Home  Missions,1'' 
and  in  charge  of  this  committee,  shall  be 
included  all  the  missionary  and  evangelis- 
tic enterprises  of  the  Presbytery,  the  nomi- 
nation of  supplies  to  Home  Mission  fields, 
and  the  relief  of  disabled  ministers  and 
families  of  deceased  ministers.  Also,  the 
ways  and  means  and  oversight,  under  the 
plan  of  the  Assembly  and  the  direction  of 
the  Presbytery,  of  raising  our  just  appor- 


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tioumeiits  for  the  cause  of  Home  Missions 
conducted    by    the    Synod   and  Assembly, 
known  as  "  Synodical  Home  Missions  "  and 
"Assembly's  Home  Missions." 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  committee  to 
keep  themselves  tally  informed  of  all  the 
plans  and  schemes  and  inter-workings  of 
the  Assembly,  Synod  and  Presbytery  ;  and 
to  make  every  effort,  which,  in  their  judg- 
ment, may  seem  practicable,  to  supply  the 
vacant  churches  which  are  unable  to  sup- 
port a  minister,  and  the  missionary  fields 
within  our  bounds,  with  the  regular  minis 
try  of  the  Word  ;  and  to  secure  systematic 
and  liberal  contributions  to  the  great  cause 
of  Home  Missions,  in  all  its  departments, 
from  every  church  and  missionary  station 
within  the  bounds  of  the  Presbytery. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  committee  to 
counsel  and  advise  with  the  evangelists 
and  missionary  supplies,  and  to  encourage 
and  help  them  in  their  labors  in  every 
legitimate  way  possible;  and  also  to  re- 
quire of  them  from  time  to  time  full  reports 
of  their  labors,  which  shall  be  submitted 
to  the  Presbytery  under  the  direction  of 
the  Chairman 


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It  sliall  also  be  the  duty  of  this  commit- 
tee to  nominate  ministers  as  Temporary 
Supplies,  who  shall  preach  at  least  once,  or 
hold  protracted  services  at  vacant  churches, 
between  the  time  of  appointment  and  the 
next  stated  meeting-  of  the  Presbytery. 
3.    On  Colored  Evangelization. 

This  committee  shall  be  composed  of 
three  members,  and  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  Presbytery  annually  at  the  spring- 
meeting,  and  shall  report  to  the  Presbytery 
in  writing,  through  the  Chairman,  semi- 
annually at  the  stated  meetings  of  Presby- 
tery. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  committee  to 
have  the  oversight  and  superintendence, 
under  the  direction  of  the  Presbytery,  of 
the  entire  colored  work  of  Evangelization 
within  our  bounds. 

The  duties  of  the  committee  shall  be 
somewhat  similar  to  those  of  the  Commit- 
tee on  Home  Missions,  and  they  sliall  use 
every  means  possible,  which  their  judg- 
ment may  suggest,  to  advance  the  cause  of 
Christ  among  the  colored  people,  especially 
those  of  our  own  faith  and  order;  and  to 
this  end  they  shall   trv  to  awaken  greater 


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interest   and    secure    larger   contributions 
from  the  people  for  this  cause. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  committee  to 
counsel  and  encourage  and  help  the  colored 
evangelists  in  every  possible  legitimate 
way,  and  to  require  from  them  full  reports 
of  their  labors. 
J+.   On  Foreign  Missions. 

This  committee  shall  be  composed  of 
three  members,  two  ministers  and  one  rul- 
ing elder,  and  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
Presbytery  annually  at  the  spring  meeting. 

This  committee  shall  endeavor  to  keep 
themselves  fully  informed  of  all  the  great 
missionary  movements  and  schemes  of  the 
church  at  large,  and  shall  recommend  to 
the  Presbytery  such  action  as  in  their  judg- 
ment may  seem  best,  to  promote  the  inter- 
ests of  this  great  cause  and  to  secure  liberal 
contributions  from  all  the  churches.  They 
shall  also  aid  in  every  way  possible  the  cir 
culation  of  the.  "  Missionary  J1  or  any  other 
missionary  literature  which  may  tend  to 
awaken  interest  among  all  the  people. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  committee, 
through  the  Chairman,  to  report  annually 
to    the    Presbyterv    in  writing    at   the    fall 


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meeting;  and  to  present  such  statistics  and 
information  from  all  the  churches,  as  may 
best  show  the  financial  condition,  and  inter- 
est manifested  in  this  great  cause 

And  it  shall  be  a  standing-  order  of 
this  Presbytery  that  a  verbal  report  of 
this  committee  shall  be  heard  at  the  spring 
meeting",  at  such  an  hour  of  the  second  day 
as  the  Presbytery  may  direct,  and  in  con- 
nection with  the  report,  a  popular  meeting 
shall  be  held  under  the  direction  of  the 
committee,  in  the  interests  of  Foreign  Mis- 
sions. 
5.    On  Sabbath  Schools. 

This  committee  shall  be  composed  of  one 
member,  who  shall  be  appointed  annually 
at  the  spring  meeting,  and  he  shall  be 
called  the  Presbyterial  Agent  of  Sabbath 
Schools. 

He  shall  prepare  a  tabulated  report  for 
the  General  Assembly  according  to  the 
Assembly's  form,  based  upon  the  reports  of 
the  sessions. 

He  shall  bring  to  the  attention  of  the 
Presbytery  all  matters  of  interest  or  im- 
portance concerning  Sabbath  Schools,  as  to 
work,  literature,  &e.,  and  offer  such  recom- 


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mentations  for   adoption,  which  his  judg- 
ment may  suggest. 

He  shall  also  arrange  for  the  holding  of 
Sabbath  School  Conventions,  when  ordered 
by  the  Presbytery  to  be  held,  and  prepare 
suitable  programmes  for  such  occasions. 

His  report  shall  always  be  presented  at 
the  spring  meeting. 

jSTote — The  following  Executive  Commit- 
tees shall  be   appointed  at  each  Fall  Meet- 
ing, viz  : 
6.    On  Publication  and  Golportage. 

This  committee  shall  be  composed  of  one 
member,  styled  the  Agent  of  Publication 
and  Golportage,  who  shall  be  appointed 
annually  at  the  fall  meeting. 

He  shall  be  corresponding  member  of  the 
Assembly's  Committee,  and  sball  have  the 
supervision  of* the  Colportage  work  within 
the  bounds  of  the  Presbytery- 
He  shall  look  out  and  employ,  whenever 
the  Presbytery  deems  it  expedient,  suitable 
agents  to  carry  our  books  to  the  doors  of 
our  people,  and  to  distribute  tracts,  Bibles, 
and  small  volumes  among  the  destitute  and 
ignorant  throughout  our  bounds. 

He    shall    report    all    collections   in    his 


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annual  report,  and  be  a  medium  of  knowl- 
edge and  help  to  vacant  churches  and  Sab- 
bath schools  in  recommending  and  pro- 
curing- Bibles,  and  suitable  libraries  of 
books,  and  religious  literature  from  the 
Central  Committee  of  Publication. 

He  shall  also  act  in  the  interest  of  the 
"  .North  Carolina  Presbyterian,"  and  if  pos- 
sible embody  in  his  report  information  as 
to  the  paper  among  oar  people. 

Pie  shall  report  annually  of  all  these  mat- 
ters at  the  fall  meeting  of  the  Presbytery. 

7.  On  Church  and  Christian  Education. 
This  committee  shall  be  composed  of  three 

members,  and  "shall  be  charged  with  the 
duty  of  giving  information  upon,  and  en- 
listing interest  in.  Church  and  Christian 
Education." 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  committee  to 
report  to  the  Presbytery  annually,  in 
writing,  at  the  fall  meeting. 

8.  On  Church  Erection. 

This  committee  shall  be  composed  of  three 
members,  and  shall  be  appointed  annually 
at  the  fall  meeting. 

The  duties,  plans,   purposes,  &c,  of  this 


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committee  are  fully  set   forth  in  the  action 
creating  it. — See  Printed  Minutes,  Vol.  11., 
pp.  79  and  139 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  committee  to 
report  to  the  Presbytery,  in  writing,  annu- 
ally at  the  fall  meeting. 
9.    On  Bible  Cause. 

This  committee  shall  be  composed  of 
three  members,  and  shall  be  appointed 
annually  at  the  fall  meeting. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  committee  to 
endeavor  to  secure  liberal  contributions 
from  all  the  churches  for  this  cause,  and  to 
aid  in  everyway  possible  of  putting  a  Bible 
into  the  hands  of  every  person. 

The  Chairman  shall  act  as  corresponding 
member  of  the  American  Bible  Society,  and 
of  our  own  Central  Committee  of  Publica- 
tion, and  shall  give  such  information  in 
reference  to  securing  and  supplying  the 
Bible  to  all  the  people  as  may  seem  best. 

This  committee  shall  report  to  the  Pres- 
bytery annually,  in  writing,  at  the  fall 
meeting. 

IV.    EXAMINING-   OK    PERMANENT 
COMMITTEES. 

Rule  27.   The   Presbytery  shall   appoint, 


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from  time  to  time  as  necessity  or  circum- 
stances may  demand,  certain  Examining 
Committees,  which  shall  be  known  and  con- 
sidered as  Permanent  Committees;  that  is, 
they  shall  continue  from  year  to  year  with- 
out change,  except  as  necessity  demands  a 
change.  The  Moderator,  however,  shall 
have  power  to  rill  all  vacancies  for  the  time 
being,  while  members  of  the  committees 
are  unavoidably  absent,  and  to  add  the 
names  of  ruling  elders  present  when  re- 
quired. 

The  duty  of  these  committees  shall  be  to 
carefully    examine    and    report    upon  that 
which  is  committed  to  them,  and  they  shall 
be  as  follows  : 
/.    On  Examination  of  Candidates. 

The  Presbytery  shall  be  divided  into 
eight  committees  composed  of  three  minis- 
ters each,  and  one  ruling  elder  to  each  who 
shall  be  appointed  by  the  Moderator.  These 
committees  shall  have  assigned  to  them 
the  following  subjects  in  their  order,  for 
the  examination  of  candidates  for  licesure, 
viz: 

1st.  Com.  Ancient  and  Modern  Geogra- 
phy, and  General   History. 


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2.  Coin.  Latin,  Latin  Exegesis  and  Crit 
ical  Exercises. 

3rd.  Com.  Greek,  Hberew  and  Logic. 

4th.  Com.  Mathematics,  and  Elements  of 
the  Physical  Sciences,  such  as  Natural  Phi- 
losophy, Chemistry }  Astronomy,  Geology, 
&c. 

5th.  Com.  Mental  Philosophy  and  Moral 
Science 

6th.  Com.  Theology — Natural     and      Re 
vealed. 

7th.  Com.   Ecclesiastical  History. 

8th.  Com.  Church  Government  and  the 
Sacraments. 

All  these  Committees  except  the  last 
three  shall  conduct  their  examinations  pri- 
vately, and  report  to  the  Presbytery  their 
recommendations;  but  the  last  three  Com- 
mittees shall  conduct  their  examina- 
tions in  open  Presbytery,  after  which  each 
member  of  the  Presbytery  shall  have  the 
opportunity  to  ask  questions. 
2.    On  Grouping  Churches. 

This  Committee  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  Presbytery,  and  shall  be  composed  of 
two  Ministers  and  two  Ruling  Elders,  to- 
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Home  Missions,  who  shall  be  ew-officio  Chair- 
man. 

"They  shall  take  into  consideration  all 
the  vacant  fields  of  the  Presbytery,  and 
present  at  each  meeting  of  the  Presbytery 
a  well  digested  and  definite  report,  covering 
the  whole  field." 

■>.    On  Assessments  and  Apportionments. 

The  Chairman  or  Agent  of  Home  Mis- 
sions, the  Stated  Clerk,  and  the  Treasurer 
of  the  Presbytery  shall  constitute  this  Com- 
mit tee. 

It  shall  be  their  duty  from  time  to  time 
to  revise  the  schedule  of  assessments  and 
apportionments  to  all  the  churches;  to  rec- 
ommend increase  or  reduction  in  special 
cases;  and  to  fix  the  amount  on  new 
Churches,  all  of  which  is  subject  always  to 
rhe  approval  of  Presbytery. 

'i.    On  Treasurer's  Bool*. 

This  Committee  shall  be  called  the  "Au- 
diting Committee,"  and  shall  be  composed 
of  two  members  who  shall  be  Elders  or 
Deacons. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  Committee  to 
receive   from    the   Treasurer   his    accounts-. 


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and  vouchers  as  soon  as  possible    after   the 
first  day  of  April  of  each  year,  and  to  care- 
fully examine  the  same,  and  report   to   the 
Presbytery  at  each  Spring'  meeting'. 

SECTION  V. 

TRUSTEES. 

Rule  28.  The  Presbytery  shall  elect  from 
time  to  time  Trustees  or  Boards  of  Trustees, 
of  "Orange  Presbytery,"  and  of  "David- 
son College."  The  term  of  office  and  the 
duties  devolving  upon  the  Trustees  shall  be 
as  herein  set  forth  under  each  head,  as  fol- 
lows: 

/.  Of  Orange  Presbytery. 

The  Presbytery  shall  elect  a  "Board  of 
Trustees  of  Orange  Presbytery, ''  which 
Board  shall  be  composed  of  five  persons  who 
are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  in 
good  and  regular  standing;  and  the  term  of 
office  shall  be  indefinite,  the  Board  being 
considered  permanent. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  these  Trustees  to 
hold  in  trust  for  the  Presbytery  all  property 
in  Church  lots  and  buildings,  not  otherwise 
secured,  and  all  legacies  and  bequests 
which  7iiay  be  willed  to    the    Presbytery    in 


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behalf  of  charitable  and  other  objects  under 
its  control. 
2.  Of  Davidson  College. 

The  Presbytery  of  Orange  having  ac- 
cepted the  proposition  of  Concord  Presby- 
tery to  take  part  in  the  Government  of 
Davidson  College,  will  regularly,  and  at  the 
proper  times,  elect  Trustees  of  that  Insti- 
tution. 

The  number  of  Trustees  to  be  elected 
shall  be  three  and  the  term  of  office  to  each 
shall  be  five  years  from  date  of  election. 

They  shall  report  to  the  Presbytery  an- 
nually at  the  Fall  meeting. 

SECTION  VI. 

PRESBYTERIAL  OFFICERS]. 

Pule  20.  The  Officers  of  the  Presbytery 
are  the  Moderator,  the  Stated  Clerk,  and 
the  Treasurer,  whose  terms  of  office  are  in- 
definite or  permanent,  except  the  Moder- 
ator who  is  elected  at  each  Stated  meeting 
and  continues  in  office  until  the  next  stated 
meeting  when  a  new  Moderator  is  elected 
Either  a  Minister  or  a  Ruling  Elder  may  be 
elected  Moderator,  and  in  the  absence  of 
the  Moderator  at  any  intervening  meeting, 
the  last  Moderator  present    shall    promptly 


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take    the  Chair   and  preside  over  the  meet- 
ing- 

The  duties  of  these  officers  shall  be  as 
herein  set  forth  under  their  respective  heads, 
as  follows: 

I.  MODERATOR. 

1.  In  choosing  a  Moderator  the  persons 
to  be  voted  for  shall  first  be  nominated. 
After  the  nominations  are  all  made,  the 
rod  is  to  be  called  by  the  Stated  Clerk,  and 
no  person  is  to  be  voted  for  unless  he  has 
been  previously  nominated.  A  majority  of 
the  votes  cast  shall  decide  the  election. 

2.  At  each  Stated  Meeting  the  Moderator 
shall  call  on  all  Ministers  present  who  are 
marked  as  absentees,  that  they  may  state 
their  reasons  for  previous  failure  to  attend. 
If  no  motion  is  made  expressive  of  disap- 
probation, the  reasons  assigned  shall  be 
deemed  satisfactory. 

3.  When  a  Candidate  for  the  Ministry  is 
licensed  to  preach  the  Gospel,  the  Moder- 
ator shall,  in  the  name  of  the  Presbytery, 
present  him  with  a  copy  of  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures. 

4.  The  further  particulars  and  full  duties 
of  the  Moderator  are  embodied  in  the  Par- 


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liainentary  rules  of  the  General  Assembly 
(See  Parliamentary  Rules),  winch  are  recog- 
nized as  the  adopted  rules  of  Orange  Pres- 
bytery. 

II.    STATED    CLERK. 

1.  The  Stated  Clerk  shall  keep  a  full  and 
fair  record  of  all  the  proceedings  of  Pres- 
bytery, and  submit  the  same  annually  to 
the  Synod  for  review. 

2.  The  Stated  Clerk  shall  prepare,  after 
the  form  herein  prescribed,  and  cause  (o  be 
printed,  a  docket  of  business  to  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  Presbytery,  and  he  shall  send 
a  copy  to  each  Minister  at  least  ten  days 
before  the  stated  meeting. 

3.  The  Stated  Clerk  shall  keep  constant- 
ly on  hand  a  suitable  number  of  printed 
blank  forms,  as  prepared  by  the  General 
Assembly's  committee,  for  the  use  of  Pres- 
teriVs  and  Church  Sessions;  and  he  shall 
send  to  each  Church  Session  between  the 
Jirst  and  tenth  days  of  March  of  each  year 
all  the  necessary  blanks  for  reports  required 
from  the  Church  Sessions,  lie  shall  also 
forward  to  the  Stated  Clerk  of  the  Synod, 
and  to  the  Stated  Clerk  of  the  General  As- 
sembly,   such    reports   as   are   required,  to- 


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gethei  with  the  Narrative  on  the  state 
of  religion,  after  their  adoption  by  the 
Presbytery. 

4.  The  Stated  Clerk  shall  publish  a  notice 
of  the  time  ana  place  of  each  stated  meet 
ing  of  the  Presbytery  at  least  four  weeks 
before  the  time  of  meeting  ,  and  he  shall. 
as  soon  as  practicable  after  the  meeting, 
furnish  an  abstract  of  the  proceedings  for 
publication  in  the  North  Carolina  Presby- 
terian. 

5.  The  Stated  Clerk  shall  cause  the  min- 
utes of  each  stated  meeting,  together  with 
•all  the  intervening  meetings,  to  be  pub- 
lished, with  such  exceptions  as  a  majority 
of  the  Presbytery  may  direct  ;  and  when 
the  minutes  are  published  in  pamphlef 
form,  he  shall  carefully  tile  a  copy  of  the 
same  in  the  archives  of  the  Presbytery, 
and  he  shall  send  a  copy  to  all  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Sessions  in  the  Presbytery,  and 
to  each  of  the  licentiates  and  candidates, 
and  also  a  copy  to  the  Treasurer  and  to  the 
"  Presbyterian  Historical  Society,"  in  Phil 
adelphia,  for  preservation. 

The   Stated    Clerk    shall    report   at    each 
stated  meeting'  of  Presbytery,  a  full  list  of 


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all  absentees  who  have  not  sent  their  rea- 
sons for  absence,  and  of  all  licentiates, 
sessions  or  congregations  which  have  failed 
to  comply  with  the  Standing  Bules  of  the 
Presbytery;  and  also  a  list  of  all  the  vacan- 
cies in  the  committees  or  appointments 
of  the  Presbytery  to  be  filled,  and  of  the 
delinquent  churches  which  fail  to  pay  their 
dues.  He  shall  be  required  to  write  to 
each  delinquent  church  and  inform  them 
id'  their  debts  and  request  payment. 

7.  The  Stated  Clerk  shall  have  charge  of 
the  business  of  making  arrangements  with 
the  various  railroad  companies  for  reduced 
rates  of  travel  to  members  attending  the 
meetings  of  Presbytery. 

s.  The  Stated  Clerk  shall  receive  a  salary 
of  $50  per  annum,  and  his  necessary  ex- 
penses, incurred  in  obeying  the  injunctions 
of  Presbytery. 

III.    TREASURER. 

1.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive,  and  keep 
accurate  accounts,  of  all  the  funds  contrib- 
uted by  the  churches  or  individuals  to  the 
benevolent  causes  recommended  by  the 
Presbytery,  and  he  shall  promptly  forward 
the  same,   by  order  of  the  respective  com- 


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mittees  or  agents,  to  their  proper  destina- 
tion. 

2.  The  Presbytery  will  raise  annually  by 
assessment  on  the  churches  a  fund  to  be 
called  the  "Presbyterial  Fund."  The  Treas- 
urer shall  receive  all  moneys  collected  for 
this  fund,  and  of  this  fund  he  shall  pay 
annually  :  To  the  contingent  fund  of  the 
General  Assembly  the  annual  assessment 
on  the  Presbyter^';  the  quota  of  this  Pres 
bytery  to  the  contingent  fund  of  the  Synod; 
the  annual  traveling  expenses  of  the  coin 
missioners  to  the  General  Assembly;  the 
contingent  expenses  of  the  Presbytery, 
namely,  salary  of  the  Stated  Clerk,  post 
age,  printing,  the  necessary  expenses  of  the 
Clerk  and  Treasurer,  and  for  whatever  other 
purpose  the  Presbytery  may  direct. 

3.  The  Treasurer  shall  report  the  state  of 
the  treasury  at  each  stated  meeting,  and 
submit  his  book  for  examination,  through 
the  Auditing  Committee,  at  each  spring 
meeting ;  and  he  shall  forward  his  book 
and  vouchers  to  the  Auditing  Committee, 
as  soon  as  possible  after  the  first  day  of 
April  of  each  year. 


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SECTION    VII. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

/.  Rules  and  Standing  Orders. 

Rule  30.  Commissioners  to  the  General 
Assembly  shall  be  elected  at  the  stated 
meeting  in  the  spring',  and  they  shall  be 
nominated  at  least  one  day  before  the  elee- 
t  ion. 

Rule  31.  During  the  stated  sessions  of  the 
Presbytery,  recess  shall  be  taken  for  the 
purpose  of  attending  worship  with  the  con- 
gregation. 

Rule  32.  Whenever  a  minister  of  this 
Presbytery  is  removed  by  death,  a  special 
committee  shall  be  appointed  to  prepare  a 
sketch  of  his  life  and  character,  to  be  re- 
ported to  the  following  meeting  of  Presby- 
tery, which  shall,  afrer  approval,  be  re- 
corded in  the  Book  of  Biographical  Sketches 
kept  by  the  Stated  Clerk. 

Rule  33.  From  time  to  time,  as  may  seem 
expedient,  the  Presbytery  shall  have  histo- 
rical sketches  of  its  churches  prepared,  and 
after  approval,  copies  of  the  same  deposited 
with  the  Presbyterian  Historical  Society,  of 
Philadelphia,  for  preservation. 

Rule   34.    The    various    committees    and 


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agents  of  the  Presbytery  are  instructed  to 
draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  an  amount  suffi- 
cient, from  each  department,  to  defray  the 
expenses  of  their  respective  agencies. 

Rule  .">5.  All  moneys  collected  by  the 
churches  for  all  benevolent  causes  are  to  be 
sent  direct  to  the  Treasurer  of  Orange 
Presbytery,  and  not  to  the  several  Treas- 
urers of  the  Assembly's  Executive  Commit- 
tees. 

Pule  o<5.  All  deeds  to  church  property, 
made  to  the  Trustees  of  the  Presbytery, 
shall,  after  being  duly  recorded  in  the  coun- 
ties where  the  property  is  situated,  be  de- 
posited with  the  Stated  Clerk  of  the  Pres- 
bytery for  safe -keeping. 

( Standing  Orders. J 

Order  1.  It  shall  be  a  standing  order 
that  a  portion  of  the  morning,  commencing 
at  10  o'clock  of  the  second  day  of  the  stated 
sessions  of  the  Presbytery,  shall  be  spent  in 
devotional  exercises. 

Order  2.  It  shall  be  a  standing  order  to 
hear  a  verbal  report,  at  the  spring  meeting 
of  Presbytery,  from  the  Committee  on  For- 
eign Missions,  and  to  hold  a  popular  meet- 
ing in  the   interest  of  Foreign  Missions  at 


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such  hour  of  the  .second  day  as  the  Presby- 
tery may  direct. 

Order'}.  It  shall  he  a  standing  order  to 
hear  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Home 
Missions  at  11  o'clock  on  the  third  day  of 
each  stated  meeting  of  Presbytery. 

//.    General  DocJcet  of  Butinestt. 

After  a  sermon  by  the  retiring  Moderator. 

1.  Prayer. 

2.  Roll  call 

•>.  Election  of  Moderator  and  Temporary 
Clerks. 

4.  Reading  Minutes  of  the  last  meeting. 

5.  Excuses  of  Absentees  from  the  last 
meeting. 

t>.  Fix  the  hours  of  meeting  and  adjourn- 
ment. 

7.  Reading  i  onimanications. 

8.  Appointment  of  Standing  Committees. 
(a}   At  the  Spring  Meeting. 

1.  On  Devotional  Exercises. 

2.  On     (-alls    and    Supplies — Rule 

li5:l>. 
:>.   On  Installations. 
4.  On  the    Narrative  to  Assembly 

and  Svuod. 


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5.  On  Minutes  of  the  Synod. 
(>.  On  Sessional  Duties. 

7.  On  Systematic  Beneficence-Rule 

25:7. 

8.  On  Sessional  Record's — Rule25:8, 

9.  On  Nominations. — Rule  25:0. 
10.   On  Leave  of  Absence. 

fbj  At  the  Fall  Meeting-. 

1.  On  Devotional  Exercises. 

2.  On  Calls  and  Supplies. 

3.  On  Installations. 

4.  On  the  Minutes  of  tlie  Assembly. 

5.  On  Nominations. 

6.  On  Leave  of  Absence. 

9.  Arc  there  any  new  Candidates  for  the 
ministry  to  be  examined? 

10.  Are    there    any  Candidates  for  Licen- 
sure to  be  examined  f 

11.  Appoint    Elders  on    Examining  Com 
mittces. 

12.  Are  tbere  any  Calls  or   Dismissions!? 

13.  Tin  finished  Business  of  the  last  meet 

ing. 

14.  Hearing  Reports,  from  Sessions,  Com 
niittees,    Agents.  &c,  as  follows: 


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(a)  At  the  Spring  Meeting. 

1.  Church   Narratives — Read    and 

referred. 

2.  Systematic     Beneficence  —  Re- 

ferred- 

3.  Sessional  Duties — Referred. 

4.  Sabbath  Schools— Referred. 

5.  On    Education    for    the    Minis- 

try. 
(5.    On    Home    Missions  (Order)  — 
Evangelists. 

7.  On  Colored  Evangelization. 

8.  On  Foreign  Missions  (Order.) 

9.  On  Sabbath  Schools  (Agent.) 

10.  Examining  Candidates  (Candi- 
dates.) 

11.  On  Grouping  Churches. 

12.  On  Assessments,  &c. 
L3.  Auditing  Committee. 

14.  Trustees  of  Presbytery. 

15.  Treasurer's  Eeport. 
Hi.   Licentiates 

17.  Temporary  Supplies. 

18.  Special  Committees. 

1!).    Elect  Commissioners  to  the  As- 
sembly. 


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(b)  At  the  Fall  Meeting. 

1.  On  Education  for  the  Ministry. 

2.  On    Home   Missions  —  Evangel 

ists. 

3.  On  Colored  Evangelization. 

4.  On  Publication  and  Colportage. 

5.  On  Church  and  Christian  Educa- 

tion. 

6.  On  Church  Erection. 

7.  On  Bible  Cause. 

8.  On    Examining    Committees  — 

Candidates. 

9.  On  Grouping  Churches. 

10.  On  Assessments,  &e. 

11.  Treasurer's  Report. 

12.  Trustees  of  Davidson  College. 

13.  Commissioners  to  the  Assembly* 

14.  Licentiates. 

15.  Temporary  Supplies. 

15.  Special  Committees. 

16.  Historical  and  Biographical  Sketches. 

17.  Time  and  Place  of  next  Meeting. 

18.  Read  and  correct  the  Minutes. 

19.  Adjourn  with  Singing,  Prayer  and  the 
Apostolic  Benediction- 


RULES  OF  PARLIAMENTARY  ORDER/ 


OF    OPENING    THE    SESSIONS. 

i.  Tlie  Moderator  shall  take  the  chair  precisely  at 
the  hour  to  which  the  court  stands  adjourned  ;  shall 
immediate]}' call  the  members  to  order;  and  on  the 
appearance  of  a  quorum,  the  session  shall  he  opened 
with  prayer. 

2.  If  a  quorum  be  assembled  at  the  hour  appointed, 
and  the  Moderator  lie  absent,  the  last  Moderator  or 
oldest  minister  present,  shall  take  the  chair  without 
delay. 

3.  If  a  quorum  be  not  assembled  at  the  hour  ap- 
pointed, any  two  members  shall  be  competent  to  ad- 
journ from  time  to  time,  that  an  opportunity. may  be 
given  for  a  quorum  to  assemble. 

4.  After  calling  the  roll,  and  marking  the  absentees, 
the  minutes  of  the  last  sitting  shall  be  read,  and  if 
requisite,  corrected. 

OF    THE    MODERATOR. 

5  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Moderator  to  preserve 
order,  and  to  conduct  all  business  before  the  court  to 
a  speedy  and  proper  result. 

6.  He  is  to  propose  to  the  court  every  subject  of  de- 
liberation that  comes  before  it. 

7.  He  may  propose  what  appears  to  him  the  most 
regular  and  direct  wa}^  of  bringing  any  business  to 
issue. 

8.  He  shall  always*announce  the  names  of  members 
rising  to -speak,  prevent  them   from  interrupting  each 

*These  rules  were  adopted  by  the  General  Assembly- 
tor  its  own  guidance,  and  are  generally  adopted  by  the 
lower  courts  tor  the  same  purpose,  but  of  course  form  no 
part  of  the  Constitution  of  the  Church. 


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other,  and  require  them  in  speaking  always  to  address 
the  chair. 

9.  He  shall  prevent,  a  speaker  from  deviating  from 
the  subject,  and  from  using  personal  reflections. 

10.  He  shall  silence  those  who  refuse  to  observe 
order. 

n.  He  shall  prevent  members  leaving  the  court 
without  his  permission. 

12.  Heshall,  when  the  deliberations  are  ended,  put 
the  question,  and  call  the  vote. 

13.  In  all  questions  he  shall  give  a  clear  and  concise 
statement  of  the  object  of  the  vote,  and  the  vote 
being  taken,  he  shall  declare  how  the  question  is  de 
•cided. 

14.  He  shall  carefully  keep  notes  of  the  orders  of 
the  day,  and  call  them  up  at  the  time  appointed. 

15.  He  may  speak  to  points  of  order  in  preference 
to  other  members,  rising  from  his  seat  for  that  pur- 
pose, and  shall  decide  questions  of  order  subject  to  an 
appeal  to  the  court,  without  debate,  by  any  two  mem- 
bers. 

16.  If  any  member  consider  himself  aggrieved  by  a 
decision  of  the  Moderator,  it  shall  be  his  privilege  to 
appeal  to  the  court,  and  the  question  on  such  appeal 
shall  be  taken  without  debate. 

17.  It  is  his  duty  to  appoint  all  committees  except 
in  those  cases  in  which  the  court  shall  decide  other- 
wise. 

18.  When  a  vote  is  taken  by  ballot,  or  by  yeas  and 
nays,  he  shall  vote  with  the  other  members-  in  other 
cases,  when  the  court  is  equally  divided,  he  shall  pos- 
sess the  casting  vote.  If  he  be  not  willing  to  decide, 
he  shall  put  the  question  a  second  time,  and  if  the 
court  be  again  equally  divided,  and  he  decline  to  give 
his  vote,  the  question  shall  be  lost. 

19.  He  may  call  any  member  to  the  chair,  to  pre- 
side temporarily 

OF    THE    CLERK. 

20.  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  commencement  0/ 


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the  first  session  of  every  court,  the  Clerk  shall  form  a 
complete  roll  of  the  members  present,  and  put  the 
same  into  the  hands  of  the  Moderator;  and  whenever 
any  additional  members  take  their  seats,  he  shall  add 
their  names  in  their  proper  places  to  the  said  roll. 

21.  He  shall  immediately  file  all  papers  in  the  order 
in  which  they  have  been  read,  with  proper  endorse- 
ments, and  keep  them  in  perfect  order. 

OF    THE    ORDER    OF    BUSINESS. 

22.  After  the  reading;  of  the  minutes  of  the  previ- 
ous day,  the  following;  order  of  business  shall  be  ob- 
served ? 

First — The  receiving;  of 

(a)  Communications  addressed  to  the  body  ; 

(b)  Reports  of  standing  committees  ; 

(c)  Reports  of  select  committees; 

(d)  Resolutions ;  each  of  which  papers  may,  by 
unanimous  consent,  be  taken  up  immediately  on  pres- 
entation, but  if  objection  be  made  it  shall  be  docketed. 

S/'coud/y—'Tht  unfinished  business  in  which  the  court 
was  engaged  at  the  last  preceding  adjournment,  in 
preference  to  the  orders  of  the  day;  but  such  un- 
finished business  may,  on  motion  without  debate,  be 
faid  on  the  table,  to  proceed  with  the  special  order. 

Tkirdh — As  soon  as  the  special  order  and  the  unfin- 
ished business  are  disposed  of,  the  business  on  the 
docket  will  be  called*  but  motions  to  elect  officers,, 
to  appoint  committees,  and  to  enroll  membe-is,  shall 
always  be  in  order,  unless  a  member  is  speaking,  or 
the  court  is  voting* 

OF    MOTIONS. 

23.  A  motion  must  be  seconded,  and  afterward  re- 
peated by  the  Moderator,  or  read  aloud,  before  it  is 
debated ;  hut  this  shall  be  no  bar  to  explanation  of  the 
object  of  any  motion  by  the  mover,  provided  he  does; 
wot  exceed  five  minutes ;  but  every  motion,  shall  be  re- 


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duced  to  writing,  if  the  Moderator  or  any  member  re- 
quire it. 

24.  The  mover  of  a  resolution  is  entitled  to  the  floor 
if  he  so  desire,  after  the  Moderator  has  stated  the 
question. 

OF    WITHDRAWAL    OF    MOTIONS. 

25.  Any  member  who  shall  have  made  a  motion, 
shall  have  liberty  to  withdraw  it  with  the  consent  of 
his  second,  before  any  debate  has  taken  place  thereon, 
but  not  afterward  without  the  leave  of  the  court. 

ON    LIMITATIONS    OF    DEBATE. 

26.  Motions  to  lay  on  the  table,  to  docket,  to  take 
up  business,  and  to  adjourn,  and  the  call  of  the  ques- 
tion, shall  be  put  without  debate.  On  questions  of 
order,  postponement  or  commitment,  no  member  shall 
speak  more  than  once.  On  all  other  questions,  each 
member  may  speak  twice,  but  not  oftener,  without 
express  leave  of  the  court. 

OF    PRIVILEGED    OJJESTIONS. 

27.  When  a  question  is  under  debate,  no  motion 
shall  be  received  unless  to  adjourn,  to  docket,  to  lay 
on  the  table,  to  amend,  to  postpone  indefinitely,  to 
postpone  to  a  certain  day,  or  to  commit ;  which  sev 
eral  motions  shall  have  precedence  in  the  order  in 
which  they  are  herein  arranged;  and  the  motion  for 
adjournment  shall  always  be  in  order. 

of  "the  ojjestion." 

28  When  any  member  shall  call  for  "  the  question" 
the  Moderator  shall,  without  debate,  put  the  vote,  "  Is 
the  court  ready  for  the  question?"  If  the  call  be  sec- 
onded by  a  majority  of  the  members  present,  the  vote 
shall  immediately  be  taken  on  the  pending  qnestion, 
whatever  it  may  be,  without  further  debate. 

OF    DIVISION    OF    THE    OJJESTION. 

29.   Is  a  motion  under  debate  contains  several  parts, 


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any  two  members  may  have  it  divided,  and  a  question 
taken  on  each  part. 

OF    AMENDMENTS. 

30.  An  amendment  may  be  moved  on  any  question, 
as  also  an  amendment  to  the  amendment,  which  shall 
be  decided  before  the  original  proposition;  but  two 
distinct  amendments  to  the  pending  question  shall  not 
be  entertained  at  the  same  time,  whether  moved  as 
substitutes  for  the  whole  matter,  or  as  changing  any 
part  thereof. 

31.  One  proposition  maybe  substituted  for  another, 
when  the  substitute  covers  the  whole  matters  of  the 
original,  and  to  insert  the  substitute 

OF    RECONSIDERATION. 

32.  A  question  shall  not  be  reconsidered  at  the  same 
session  of  the  court  at  which  it  was  decided,  unless  by 
the  consent  of  a  majority  of  the  members  who  were 
present  at  the  decision,  and  unless  the  motion  to  re- 
consider lie  made  by  a  person  who  voted  with  the 
majority. 

33.  A  subject  which  has  been  indefinitely  postponed 
shall  not  be  again  called  up  during  the  same  session  of 
the  court,  unless  by  the  consent  of  three-fourths  of  the 
members  who  were  present  at  the  decision. 

OF    SPEAKERS. 

34.  It'  more  than  one  member  rise  to  speak  at  the 
same  time,  the  member  who  is  most  distant  from  the 
Moderator's  chair  shall  speak  first. 

35.  Every  member,  when  speaking,  shall  address 
himself  to  to  the  Moderator,  and  shall  treat  his  fellow- 
members,  and  especially  the  Moderator,  with  decorum 
and  respect. 

OF    INTERRUPTIONS. 

36.  No  speaker  shall  be  interrupted  unless  he  be  out 
of  order,  or  for  the  purpose  of  correcting  mistakes  or 
misrepresentations. 


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OF    VOTING. 

37.  Members  shall  not  decline  voting,  unless  excused 
by  the  court. 

38.  When  various  motions  are  made  with  respect  to 
the  filling  of  blanks  with  particular  numbers  or  times, 
the  question  shall  always  be  first  taken  on  the  highest 
number  and  the  longest  time. 

39-  When  the  Moderator  has  commenced  taking  the 
vote,  no  further  debate  or  remark  shall  be  admitted, 
unless  there  has  evidently  been  a  mistake;  in  which 
case  the  mistake  shall  be  rectified,  and  the  Moderator 
shall  recommence  taking  the  vote. 

40.  The  yeas  and  nays  on  any  question  shall  not  be 
recorded,  unless  it  be  required  by  one-third  of  the 
members  present;  and  every  member  shall  vote  "yea" 
or  "nay,"  unless  excused  by  the  court.  In  a  judicial 
case,  members  thus  excused  shall  not  be  allowed  a  vote 
in  any  of  the  subsequent  proceedings  relating  thereto. 

41.  In  all  elections  it  shall  require  a  majority  of  the 
votet  cast  to  elect. 

OF    COMMITTEES. 

42.  The  person  first  named  on  any  committee  shall 
be  considered  as  the  chairman  thereof,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  convene  the  committee  and  preside  therein  ; 
and  in  case  of  his  absence,  or  inability  to  act,  the  sec- 
ond named  member  shall  take  his  place  and  perform 
his  duties. 

OF    PRIVATE    SESSIONS. 

43.  All  courts  have  a  right  to  sit  in  private  on  busi- 
ness which,  in  their  judgment,  ought  not  to  be  a  mat- 
ter of  public  speculation. 

OF  THE  COMMITTEE  OF  THE  WHOLE. 

44.  Every  court  has  a  right  to  resolve  itself  into  a 
committee  of  the  whole,  or  to  hold  what  are  commonly 
called  interlocutory  meetings,  in  which  members  may 
freely  converse  together  without  the  formalities  nec- 
essary   in    their   ordinary    proceedings.     In    all    such 


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cases  the  Moderator  shall  name  the  member  who  is  t  > 
paeside  as  chairman.  If  the  committee  be  unable  to 
agree,  a  motion  may  be  made  that  the  committee  rise, 
and  upon  the  adoption  of  such  motion  the  Moderator 
shall  resume  the  chair,  and  the  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee shall  report  what  has  been  done,  and  ask  that 
the  committee  be  discharged,  which  being  allowed, 
tin' matter  shall  be  dropped.  If  the  committee  shall 
agree  upon  the  report  to  be  made,  or  have  made  pro- 
gress in  the  same  without  coming  to  a  conclusion, 
tlu'  committee  may  rise,  report  what  hits  been  done, 
and  if  the  case  require,  may  ask  leave  to  sit  again;  or 
the  committee  of  the  whole  may  be  dissolved,  and  the 
question  considered  by  the  court  in  the  usual  order  of 
business. 

OF    DECORUM. 

45.  Without  permission,  no  member  of  a  court, 
while  business  is  going  on,  shall  engage  in  private 
conversation  ;  nor  shall  members  address  one  another, 
nor  any  person  present,  but  through  the  Moderator. 

4.6.  When  more  than  three  members  of  the  court 
shall  be  standing  at  the  same  time,  the  Moderator 
shall  require  all  to  take  their  seats,  the  person  only 
excepted  who  may  be  speaking. 

47.  If  any  member  act  in  any  respect  in  a  disorderly 
manner,  it  shall  be  the  privilege  of  any  member,  and 
the  duty  of  the  Moderator,  to  call  him  to  order. 

48.  No  member  shall  retire  from  any  court  without 
the  leave  of  the  Moderator,  nor  withdraw  from  it  to 
return  home  without  the  consent  of   tin-  court. 

OF    CASES    UNPROVIDED    FOR. 

49.  All  cases  that  may  arise,  not  provided  for  in  the 
foregoing  rules,  shall  be  governed  by  the  general  prin- 
ciples of  parliamentary  law. 

OF    CLOSING    THE    SESSIONS. 

50.  The  Moderator  of  every  court,  above  the  church 
session,  in  finally  closing-  its  sessions,  in  addition  to 
prayer,  may  cause  to  lie  sung-  an  appropriate  psalm  or 
hymn,  and  shall  pronounce  the  apostolical  benediction. 


Date  Due 

OCT  l  3 

Demco  293-5 

Div.S.     28£.17£6     P928M 


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